Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

A new study finds that a trait helping a marine bacterium survive and flourish today may ultimately become its Achilles Heel as ocean conditions continue to shift.

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria evolve new ways to elude drug treatments for a variety of illnesses, a growing ...

Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that constantly “sense” their surroundings to survive and thrive. New research shows that beneficial gut microbes, especially common Clostridia bacteria, can ...

Why it matters: A controlled infection experiment aboard the International Space Station shows that in space, even microscopic life is governed by different physical rules. Understanding how microbes ...

A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in ...

All species alive today, from chimpanzees to bacteria, are cousins that each have equally long lineages, rather than ...