Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

Cholera is a deadly bacterial disease that kills about 95,000 people every year. Vibrio cholerae bacteria infect cells in the ...

Recent research has delved deep into the manifold ways in which diet can affect gut health throughout a person's life. Here ...

Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not ...

A new study shows that everyday chemicals can disturb gut microbes, change community balance, and even increase antibiotic ...

Hospitals around the world are bracing for a future where common infections no longer respond to standard drugs. Among the ...

The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...

Evo’s success wasn’t limited to proteins. When they tested a different toxin that had an RNA-based inhibitor, the system ...

#Ticks #bacteria: a few of the ultra-tiny organisms our scientists are studying to find ways to advance treatments for illnesses, including tick-born diseases, #cholera and flesh-eating bacteria ...

In a first-of-its-kind lab study, scientists prove that probiotic bacteria stimulate immediate and measurable changes in brain cell function, hinting at a new direct communication between your gut and ...