Compared to viruses, bacteria are larger and have a more sophisticated structure that includes a cytoplasm, membrane, cell wall, and genetic material. Because they reproduce via binary fission ...

“We’ve taken advantage of the evolution of viruses. It’s using nature versus nature,” author Vincent Fischetti head of Rockefeller University’s bacterial pathogenesis and immunology lab told ...

New insights into a "friendly virus" that could pave the way for cutting-edge treatments for the potentially fatal superbug C ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

University of Toronto researchers have discovered nine new genes used by bacteria to protect themselves against ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

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." ...

A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact ... of a nucleic acid molecule that is surrounded by a protein structure. A bacteriophage attaches itself to a susceptible ...

including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only replicate inside a host organism. Who discovered the dengue virus?

Antibodies can be effective defenders against both bacteria and viruses. An antibody must be made specifically ... Deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical structure that contains the genetic information ...