A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects ... remove a portion of their host cells' bacterial DNA during the infection process and then transfer this DNA into the genome of new host cells.

Huge, bacteria-eating viruses could be a game-changer for antibiotics that currently struggle to fend off deadly infections.

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 ... Due to the nature of ...

Melting a bacteriophage’s coat of proteins turns it into a tiny ... careers when he discovered that writing his thesis was the most enjoyable part of the process. Andrew’s work has appeared in Eos and ...

In the face of rising concerns about antibiotic resistant infections, an international group of microbial experts have ...

Jumbo phages use a protein shield to protect their DNA from bacterial attacks. A special handshake controls which molecules enter.

In some oceanic regions, viral infections ... the process that leads to protein formation. The research focuses on the marine bacterium Synechococcus and its interaction with the bacteriophage ...