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

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

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that bacteria can create immunity by stealing genetic material from dormant ...

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

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered ...

Whilst the ultimate outcome of the lytic cycle is production of new phage progeny and death of the host bacterial cell, this is a multistep process involving precise coordination of gene transcription ...