Researchers have identified an unusual arabinose-based modification of bacteriophage DNA that helps viruses evade bacterial ...

Sukrit Silas and his colleagues at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco discovered that a well-known defense system in some bacteria can kill the cell as a last resort if viruses try to thwart it ...

A comprehensive review explores how bacteria resist phage therapy and offers innovative solutions to combat this challenge. The authors discuss mechanisms like CRISPR-Cas and biofilm formation, and ...

Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in Europe. Up to 70,000 new cases are estimated each year in Austria alone. The bacterial infection can cause lasting health problems ...