Levy’s Venn diagram was originally posted to Twitter, but it went viral thanks to a Facebook meme group. After that, the image made it back to Twitter. And now people are busy making their own ...

For the bacterial species that inhabit your gut, there's a frenzy of viruses called bacteriophages that naturally infect them. Although they co-evolved with bacteria, phages get far less glory.

When some bacteria manage to escape being killed by a virus, the microbes end up hamstringing themselves. And that could be useful in the fight to treat infections. “We’re kind of expecting ...

Gene-edited bacteriophages, or viruses that attack bacteria, can make potentially dangerous microbes in food and water glow so they are easier to detect. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your ...

Claverie and Abergel have helped to discover other giant viruses — including the first 2, called Mimivirus, in 2003, and Megavirus chilensis, until now the largest virus known 3, in 2011.