Space-based experiments show that microgravity-induced mutations in bacteriophages may improve their ability to target antibiotic-resistant bacteria on Earth.
Astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station to collect microbiological samples during crew ...
Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...
Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...
The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...
(THE CONVERSATION) Do bacteria mutate randomly, or do they mutate for a purpose? Researchers have been puzzling over this conundrum for over a century. In 1943, microbiologist Salvador Luria and ...