The power of today's 'omics' technologies allows rich and detailed characterizations of the molecular mechanisms underlying cellular function 1,2,3. More than ever before, there are the resources and ...
Bacteria can themselves be infected -- by viruses. Not all viruses are harmful to bacteria and some can even benefit them. Can bacteria tell good and bad viruses apart? Scientists now studied how ...
When we think of bacteria, images of nasty infections like pneumonia, meningitis or food poisoning come to mind, but bacteria can themselves be infected - by viruses, also called bacteriophages.