The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don't do the work on their own—the viruses that infect them also influence the ...

Prokaryotic viruses (phages) existing in activated sludge (AS), a biological treatment process widely used in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), act to regulate the composition of microbial ...

We investigated the impact of viral infection on the mortality and assemblage structure of benthic prokaryotes of five mud volcanoes in the Mediterranean Sea.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

Dr. George Tetz discusses the discovery of prion-like domains in eukaryotic viruses, and the implications of this study on gene therapies and common neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease.

Gut contains millions of tiny viruses that actually help keep you healthy by controlling harmful bacteria and supporting your ...

Scientists have revived a "zombie" virus they say spent nearly 50,000 years frozen in permafrost, part of a new batch of research that identifies several newly discovered viruses that have been ...

The trove of ancient microbes contains the most viral information ever uncovered from a glacier.

In 2020, researchers synthesized suspected homologs of eukaryotic actin proteins encoded in Asgard genomes. Injected into rabbit cells, these proteins bound to eukaryotic actins and performed similar ...

Prokaryotic cells are like single-room efficiency apartments while eukaryotic cells are like mansions with many rooms — and they are the only two kinds of cells in the world.

Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these ...