Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

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.

If you still remember that “Dear King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti,” you’ll likely also recall the corresponding taxonomic ranks of biology: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through ...

The genetic culprits responsible for the spread of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria have been identified by new research mapping 100 years of bacterial evolution. Experts at the Wellcome Sanger ...

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for certain antibiotic-resistant infections, such as urinary tract infections.

Unlike most bacteria, Caulobacterales bacteria divide asymmetrically when they reproduce, which creates two cells that look different from each other (top part of the illustration). However, the ...

Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...