A newly discovered parasite has caused quite a stir among microbiologists who were left scrambling to place it on the tree of life – and it seems even the organism itself is confused as to its ...

Viruses and bacteria are always trying to sneak into our bodies, but researchers at the University of Missouri are ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

I'm on the hunt for a microbial saviour – a type of virus that can treat infections rather than cause them.We all know the viral bad guys – Covid, flu, norovirus, herpes, chicken pox, measles… the ...

Taxonomy — classifying viruses into genus, species and so forth — has the power to affect public health For the first time, ...

The scourge of COVID-19, caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, has heightened interest in the potential connection between a person’s microbiome and their ability to fight a viral infection.

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

Virus-infected bacteria could provide help in the fight against climate change. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 02 / 190217115830.htm ...

When some bacteria manage to escape being killed by a virus, the microbes end up hamstringing themselves. And that could be useful in the fight to treat infections. “We’re kind of expecting ...

West Nile Virus has been found in mosquitoes in Utah County, the state’s first confirmed case of the virus this year.