#mimivirus

#mimivirus

Bacteriophages adapted to microgravity conditions became more effective at infecting bacteria, revealing mutations with higher pathogenic efficacy.

Phage-inducible chromosomal island-like elements (PLEs) in Vibrio cholerae provide defense against ICP1 phage predation, influencing pandemic strain evolution and disease severity through dynamic phage-bacteria interactions.

Researchers successfully simulated nearly every chemical reaction in a minimal bacterial cell, including DNA replication and cell division.

SNIPE is a membrane-bound nuclease defense system in bacteria that directly targets foreign nucleic acids to prevent phage infection through a novel mechanism distinct from established defense pathways.

HIV rewires infected cells' glycosylation to display sialoglycans that engage Siglec checkpoints, cloaking cells and suppressing immune clearance; targeted sialidase restores immune killing.

Scientists used AI and gene-assembly tools to create Evo-Φ2147, a novel 11-gene virus designed to kill pathogenic E. coli.

Researchers aim to use CRISPR-Cas13 delivered by lipid nanoparticles as a nasal spray or injection to target and inactivate influenza RNA strains.