Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

A new study finds that a trait helping a marine bacterium survive and flourish today may ultimately become its Achilles Heel as ocean conditions continue to shift.

You might just think of bacteria as the little beasties that get us sick—but bacteria are so much more! Through evolution, ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

The problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has many health experts worried. As disease-causing bacteria adapt to some of ...

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

The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

A major international study has assessed key bacterial targets that could form the basis of a new maternal vaccine to protect ...

Why it matters: A controlled infection experiment aboard the International Space Station shows that in space, even microscopic life is governed by different physical rules. Understanding how microbes ...

What began as a study of human population history quickly evolved into a groundbreaking ...