When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Scientists found that the space station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that boosted their infectivity, or ...

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

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

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 a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

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

In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.

The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential predator to go away, according to a recent study in mBio. University of Illinois ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...