Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for both the host and its resident. It may seem unusual, but complex cells are thought ...

Decomposition is essential to all ecosystems, both on land and in the ocean. In marine environments, decomposition and ...

An organism as a tenant in another - in biology, this often works quite well. ETH researchers have now shed light on how such a partnership of a cell in a cell can establish. Endosymbiosis is a ...

A mineral-hogging fungus can “bully” bacteria into becoming more antibiotic resistant, according to new work published June 20 in the journal PLOS Biology by Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists. The ...

Researchers at the University of Maine found that when Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) interacts with Candida albicans (C. albicans), GBS is more likely to spread disease and become harder to treat in ...

The gut microbiome is intimately linked to human health and weight. Differences in the gut microbiome—the bacteria and fungi ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Urea is a small molecule formed as proteins ...

Scientists have found that antibodies stop UTI-causing E. coli by jamming or mimicking cell receptors, preventing bacterial ...