Scientists have infected bacteria with a virus aboard the International Space Station to see how they would interact in ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye. They’re everywhere. And both can make us sick. Bacteria and viruses ...

Space-evolved viruses show enhanced killing power against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, offering new pathways for phage ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...

In other words, in microgravity, phages and bacteria don't bump into each other as often and the bacteria may have evolved to ...

Bacteria and viruses are locked in a slow motion battle aboard the ISS that looks nothing like life on the ground.

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

There’s a bromance of nightmares lurking where you least suspect it — on handrails, doorknobs, even your own skin. These innocuous places are meeting grounds for viruses and bacteria, a microscopic ...

Amoebae receive surprising support in defense against viruses: The bacteria they are infected with prevent them from being destroyed by giant viruses. A research team led by microbiologist Matthias ...