Vampiric Viruses ‘Bite’ Other Viruses for Survival

Vampiric Viruses ‘Bite’ Other Viruses for Survival

Viruses are somehow even weirder than we thought. In a recent study published last month, scientists say they’ve discovered two new viruses that hijack the machinery of other bacteria-infecting viruses in order to replicate themselves. One of these vampiric viruses even acts the part, appearing to “bite” and latch onto their helper virus so that … Read more

In Shocking Discovery Scientists Find Viruses Growing On Each Other

In Shocking Discovery Scientists Find Viruses Growing On Each Other

The authors of the study analysed the genomes of these bacteriophages Researchers in the US have made a shocking discovery as they saw viruses latching onto each other. Two ‘Bacteriophage’ viruses have used each other to help replicate. “No one has ever seen a bacteriophage – or any other virus – attach to another virus,” … Read more