A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

A bacterial cell settles onto a nondescript surface. It is plump, healthy and functioning as it should. Nothing appears amiss ...

The viruses devise ploys to break into bacterial defenses. Bacteria, on the other hand, strengthen their defenses so that ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Scientists ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines of attack is to cling tenaciously to the surfaces of targeted human cells.

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...