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 ...

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

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

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.

In this cross-journal Collection, we invite submissions investigating prokaryotic immunity and viral evasion systems, drawing on genomics, genetics, cell and structural biology, virology and other ...

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 ...

Symbiosis of Two Prokaryotic Cells at the Origin of Eukaryotes In eukaryotes, HGT appears to be much less common than in prokaryotes. Nevertheless, eukaryotic genes seem to differ in their origins.

But, they found that eukaryotic genes transferred to viruses approximately twice as frequently as viral genes transferred to eukaryotes.

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the ...

Medusavirus, a giant virus, is more closely related to eukaryotic cells than other giant viruses are. In an exciting new study, scientists have used electron microscopy and time-course analysis to ...

In recent decades, with exponential advancement in the fields of genomics, molecular biology and virology, several scientists have taken to looking into the evolutionary twists and turns that have ...