As humans, we often focus on viruses and bacteria because of their role in causing various, sometimes severe, diseases.

As humans, we often focus on viruses and bacteria because of their role in causing various, sometimes severe, diseases. However, an equally fascinating but lesser-known phenomenon is the ongoing ...

Cytophage has developed a versatile bacteriophage-based antibacterial ... Phages are bacteria-specific viruses that play a critical role in regulating bacterial populations in nature.

A bacteriophage is constituted of a proteic envelope (called capsid), containing ... Naturally occurring viruses that only attack bacteria, they were discovered at the turn of the century but ...

‘Phage therapy’ uses naturally occurring viruses called bacteriophages (from the Greek meaning ‘bacteria-eaters’) to fight bacteria. The phages used in this therapy are harmless to people ...

While these viral relationships certainly require near proximity for them to work, the new research is the first time a satellite bacteriophage — viruses that infects bacteria — has been ...

In contrast to retroviruses, bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) use RT not for genome replication, but for viral gene variation within diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) or for other ...