Viruses, like bacteria, can be important beneficial microbes in human health and in agriculture, researchers say, following a review of the current literature on beneficial viruses. "The word, virus, ...

Our world is teeming with many different kinds of microorganisms, which interact with us, one another, and the environment. Scientists at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville are seeking to learn ...

University of Delaware undergraduate student Spencer Toth was always interested in the environment and biology, so when she arrived at UD and realized that she could combine both of her passions by ...

A. Water microbiology is the _____ _____. This is done to determine what organisms are present, and if they are helpful or harmful. B. The safety of water for drink and contact is the main ...

Professor Wendy Barclay is the Action Medical Research Chair in Virology and Head of the Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London, UK. She began her scientific career at what was ...

Susan Roberts Dubay came to UAB in 1982 and began a career in medical research in the lab of Dr. Eric Hunter, a professor in the Department of Microbiology and the founding Director of the UAB Center ...

Matthew Taylor likened his recently published work alongside doctoral student Gary Dunn to kicking over a rock. Once the ...

Investigators have produced an assessment of the abundance of the viruses in the Milne Fiord Epishelf Lake near the North Pole. Less than 500 miles from the North Pole, the Milne Fiord Epishelf Lake ...