Some things just go together in your belly: peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper, bacteria and bacteria-eating viruses. For the bacterial species that inhabit your gut, there's a frenzy of viruses ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance.

Research has shed important new light on the enemies-turned-allies that allow bacteria to exchange genes, including those ...

Research has shed important new light on the enemies-turned-allies that allow bacteria to exchange genes, including those ...

Bacteria that rarely tumble are likely to get trapped by obstacles, slowing dispersion. Bacteria that tumble frequently often “retrace their steps,” also slowing dispersion. Dispersion is maximized by ...

A research team has discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which the immune system fights bacterial infections. The scientists found that a specific protein, the chloride channel PACC1, is ...

A simulated cell in the early stages of division. Left half shows cytoplasm (blue cubes), mRNA degradation machinery molecules (pink), and sugar transporters (brown). Right half adds the membrane ...

What physical processes govern the movement of microscopic structures capable of interacting with their environment? The ...