bacteria

Jamie Foster’s space-faring squid and its symbiotic bacteria illuminate host-microbe communication.

A discovery that goes back to the first studies of translation has become the topic of biotech buzz.

Timothy Hand leads a research team that explores how maternal immune signals shape the infant intestinal microbiota.

Researchers identified cold-adapted microbes that degrade certain plastics at low temperatures, potentially saving energy in industrial recycling.

Scientists continue to ring alarm bells about the risks associated with the continued misuse of antimicrobials and advocate for innovative treatments, improved surveillance, and greater public health education.

Fungi disrupt microbial communities on cheese by making antibiotics. 

Bacteria cooperate to benefit the collective, but cheaters can rig the system. How is the balance maintained?

From spatial structuring to policing, cooperative bacteria have a wide toolkit to contain the spread of cheaters.

Microbiomes transplanted from women with anorexia nervosa into mice enhanced symptoms of the eating disorder, such as rapid weight loss and reduced appetite.

Scientists identified a species of Subdoligranulum that may drive disease.

Researchers repurpose tiny bacterial injection systems to specifically inject a wide variety of proteins into human cells and living mice.

Scientists prepare for the future by filling in the research gaps between zoonotic viral reservoirs, emerging viruses, and human immune defenses.

Regulatory T cells in the colon travel to muscles to promote wound healing in mice, raising questions about how antibiotics may impact injury recovery.

Researchers find that bacteria stimulate a headache-causing pain pathway to suppress the immune system and infect the brain. 

Researchers identify hundreds of candidate histone proteins in bacteria, including one with an unusual way of binding to DNA.

A new microrobot uses algae to transport antibiotics into the lungs of mice with pneumonia.

Microscopic algae dotted with drug-filled nanoparticles may offer a more effective means of treatment than traditional delivery methods.

Researchers use blue light therapy to treat infected burn wounds.

A neural pathway between the gut and the brain led to the release of dopamine when the mice ran on a wheel or treadmill, but only in the presence of a robust microbiome. 

The presence of beneficial or detrimental microbes pulls the host toward health or disease.