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

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

Scientists found that the space station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that boosted their infectivity, or ...

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, even kill us. That last ...

When scientists sent bacteria and their viral predators, bacteriophages, to the International Space Station (ISS), they ...

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

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

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 ...

New research shows how surface material and temperature change how long viruses survive and whether they can still spread.

The European Commission has named the labs that will lead work on bacteria, parasites, and viruses. The European Reference Laboratories (EURLs) are for food- and water-borne bacteria, food- and ...