Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
A new class of immune cell could protect against type 1 diabetes by suppressing other immune cells.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
Researchers find zero evidence for Lyme-induced autism.
Microbial changes in the gut contribute to a patient’s ability to slim down after gastric bypass surgery.
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
Researchers find remarkably active bacteria in the Mariana Trench, where they live under pressure 1,000 times greater than at the surface.
Rock samples from deep within the Earth’s oceanic crust contain chemosynthetic microbial life.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
New research adds to an emerging picture of the changes that global warming and thinning ice are wreaking on the marine ecosystems at the top of the world.