Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

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

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

UNC Greensboro is welcoming a Nobel Prize winner to its campus on Wednesday, March 19. George Smith, Ph.D., won the prize for ...

Like humans, bacteria can be attacked by viruses. In the case of bacteria, these viral attackers are referred to as ...

Phage genomes were extracted using a Virus DNA/RNA Extraction Kit (Beijing Tiangen DP-315). DNase I, RNase A, and EcoRI (New England Biolabs, Inc) were used to determine the nucleic acid type of the ...

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