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 ...

Using a common gut bacteria Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, or BT for short, Martens' team began to look at the complex interaction between BT and viruses, by pitting them against each other in the lab.

Bacteria and viruses are too tiny to be seen by the naked eye, can cause similar symptoms and are spread in the same way, but that’s where the similarities end. This is important to understand ...

Researchers have examined the gut microbiomes of healthy 100-year-olds and found that they have a diversity of bacteria-eating viruses that, they say, contribute to long life and good health ...

Michigan State University researchers have developed two innovative methods to test for bacteria and viruses in food and ...

Microbes come in an incredible variety, armed with a wide range of biochemical tools. Some can home in on tumors, others can ...

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 ...

At present, "no such early intervention exists for the viruses that could cause the next pandemic," professor Adam ...

Cancer research has long looked at bacteria and viruses as separate tools for therapy. Now, researchers are showing that the ...

Scientists have engineered a groundbreaking cancer treatment that uses bacteria to smuggle viruses directly into tumors, ...

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 ...