A new study has uncovered dynamics of virus-bacteria interactions in the microgravity environment of the International Space ...

In new experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS), microbiologists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

Research suggests that viruses, specifically bacteriophages, may become more potent in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station.

Martha Clokie (left) is a Professor of microbiology at the University of Leicester (UK), where she runs the first Centre for Phage Research in the UK. Her research is focused on different aspects of ...

A research team says their findings could help tackle soaring antibiotic-resistant infections that cause urinary tract ...

Some viruses, known as bacteriophages, only infect bacterial cells, often destroying those bacteria in the process. Bacteria, in turn, can develop defenses against these viruses. Bacteriophages or ...