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 ...

It's an evolutionary battle, an endless competition for survival, that has spanned millions of years. Within this epic tale ...

Potential treatments for one of the world's most dangerous hospital superbugs have been found in a surprising ...

Marine viruses deploy a sophisticated Trojan horse maneuver that enables them to dismantle the energy systems of ocean ...

Bacteria have a nasty ability to rapidly evolve, allowing them to evade antibiotics in short order. But now, scientists at UC San Diego have used evolution against them, by “training” bacteria-killing ...

D imaging reveals ancient phages virus with features dating back billions of years - and potential to fight today’s dangerous ...

The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in the loss of over 3 percent of the world’s population — at least 50 million people. But it wasn’t the flu virus that caused the majority of these deaths. With ...

A perpetual war rages between bacteria and phages as bacterial cells adapt and engage various defense systems to protect themselves from these foreign invaders. Phages are viruses that infect and ...

Meningitis typically occurs due to an infection, which may be viral or bacterial. Viral and bacterial meningitis have similar symptoms but differ in severity. This information comes from the ...

The microbiome in the vagina has received less attention than its cousin in the gut – but a well-balanced vaginal microbiome ...