Ribosome-inactivating proteins from symbiotic bacteria leave their hosts unharmed.

An external device that mimics the structure of a spleen can cleanse the blood of rats with acute sepsis, ridding the fluid of pathogens and toxins.

Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?

A miniscule change in a hydrogen bond angle explains how bacteria can select phosphate over arsenate even in high-arsenate conditions.

Diverse plant communities create a disease-fighting "soil genotype."

Mice with inflammatory bowel disease harbor gut bacteria that damage host DNA, predisposing mice to cancer.

Field studies reveal non-virulent bacteria take advantage of their virulent counterparts to get a free pass into their host.

How to track RNA in living cells