{
  "id": 10978687,
  "title": "Alpine bacteria show unexpected ability to fight viruses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/alpine-bacteria-show-unexpected-ability-to-fight-viruses",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:40:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-alpine-bacteria-unexpected-ability-viruses.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A silent, long-running competition has been taking place in Swiss alpine lakes for millions of years, killing trillions of organisms every day without anyone noticing. This competition between bacteria and viruses pushes both into a relentless evolutionary battle.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}