Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the virus itself. Named after the Chinese military strategist Kongming—who ...

Bacteria use a newly discovered system called Kongming to turn viral enzymes into a self-destruct signal, with big biotech ...

Researchers have discovered the first giant virus in Finland. The specimen demonstrates that such huge viruses are more ...

A virus long dismissed as a scientific oddity has been found hiding in plain sight, and it may help fight dangerous bacteria, ...

A type of virus thought to be a "mere curiosity" is plentiful in one common bacteria, and possibly others, a Monash ...

A strange virus scientists once brushed off as a mere curiosity has now been found hiding in plain sight. Shockingly, it may ...

Scientists have long known that bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, live in our gut, but exactly what they do has ...

HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is the microorganism responsible for AIDS – acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV gradually weakens the body’s immune system by infecting and ...

A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages destroy their host cells. All bacteriophages ...

Specifically, the process involves mixing bacteria and phages together and ... we confirmed that our single-virus measurements closely match traditional bulk measurements, thus validating our ...

A type of virus thought to be a ‘mere curiosity’ is plentiful in one common bacteria, and possibly others, a Monash ...

A recent study has revealed that a hidden virus is commonly found in the germs responsible for causing pneumonia. Researchers ...