Characteristic Bacteria Viruses Living Status Living organisms (single-celled) Non-living entities; require a host to replicate Size Larger, typically 0.4 to 10 micrometers Smaller, usually 0.02 ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

If people had been aware of the existence of bacteria and their role in causing the Black Death in the 14th century, as well ...

By contrast, successful pathogens are able to sneak under ... but they’re sensing nucleic acids in an organelle that’s designed to destroy the bacteria and the viruses that we see. Successful ...

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

A new scoping review examines the impact of respiratory bacteria on the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ...

These respiratory viruses and other infectious pathogens are spread through ... novel antiviral compounds and methods to inactivate infectious viral particles and bacteria. Reporters can request ...

The human influenza virus genome, by contrast, encodes only 11 proteins ... genome seem to show strongest homology to ORFs in bacteria, while other Mimivirus ORFs show strongest homology to ...