Compared to viruses, bacteria are larger and have a more sophisticated structure that includes a cytoplasm, membrane, cell wall, and genetic material. Because they reproduce via binary fission ...

Select any virus below to explore its structure and biology ... Hosts of viruses include animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, and archaea. Many viruses have evolved to infect multiple kinds of ...

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

"All bacteria have double-stranded DNA, but viruses have different kinds of structure — there are DNA genomes, RNA genomes, double-stranded, single-stranded …" Anantharaman told Live Science.

In addition, we use other complementary methods such as X-ray crystallography and biochemistry to help connect the path from structure to function. Our recent research focuses on human pathogenic ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

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