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 ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way they do on Earth. In microgravity, infections still occurred, but both ...

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

DEAR DR. ROACH: I watched a show that described how a virus invades a cell and found it fascinating. What is the difference between a virus and a bacterial infection? -- G.D. ANSWER: Viral infections ...

Researchers have discovered viruses transported to the International Space Station evolve differently than on Earth in a ...

Antimicrobial resistance - when bacteria and fungi defend themselves against the drugs design to kill them - is an urgent threat to global public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

Bacteria-infecting viruses being studied aboard the International Space Station (ISS) appeared to behave differently compared to their terrestrial counterparts, scientists found in a new study. These ...

When scientists sent bacteria and their viral predators, bacteriophages, to the International Space Station (ISS), they expected strange things to happen and they weren’t disappointed. In a ...