Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Mimicking a host-cell histone protein offers flu a sneaky tactic to suppress immune response.
EDITOR'S CHOICE IN MICROBIOLOGY The paper S. Alsford et al., “High-throughput decoding of antitrypanosomal drug efficacy and resistance,” Nature, 482:232-36, 2012. The finding Trypanosoma brucei, the single-cell protozoan that causes the tropical