A technological revolution is helping Scripps Research scientists see the molecules that undermine human health, from ...

Telomere phages, once ignored, help bacteria fight rivals using telocins. These toxins may target antibiotic-resistant ...

A type of virus thought to be a ‘mere curiosity’ is plentiful in one common bacteria, and possibly others, a Monash ...

The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, usually stays in the body for life – quietly dormant in the ...

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Plants are susceptible to a wide range of pathogens. For the common potato plant, one such threat is Pectobacterium ...

Researchers have uncovered the atomic structure of the bacteriophage φTE, which infects and kills the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum. Using cryo-electron microscopy, they revealed unique ...

Phage therapies, which use viruses to attack drug-resistant bacteria ... The team combined data from single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET ...

Cryoelectron microscopy is a method for imaging frozen-hydrated specimens at cryogenic temperatures by electron microscopy ... of fine cellular structures, viruses and protein complexes at ...