A high-fat diet induced changes to the animals’ vaginal microbiomes that boosted survival after exposure to the virus.

The microbiologist was known for his work on bacterial antibiotic resistance and infectious disease.

Scientists reengineer a Cas9 enzyme that naturally targets bacterial RNA to stymie hepatitis C inside human cells.

Meningitis-causing bacteria exerted strong evolutionary pressure on an iron-binding protein in primates, a study shows.

During systemic infection, mice kick-start the production of a specific sugar to feed and protect the beneficial bacteria in their guts while fighting pathogenic strains.

A new study finds that Helicobacter pylori home in on small lesions in the stomach and promote ulceration within minutes of epithelial injury.

Dengue virus has sophisticated mechanisms for entering a cell, for replicating its RNA genome, and for transcribing proteins.

Scientists track changes in bacterial genomes during a hospital outbreak to discover potential pathogenesis genes.