Mysterious protein sets up a beneficial partnership between bacteria and insects

A secreted endosymbiont protein essential for colonizing host cells - Nature

A secreted endosymbiont protein essential for colonizing host cells - Nature

Bacterial symbiont and plant virus protect insect hosts by inducing cuticle thickening against fungal parasites

This research article investigates a tripartite defensive symbiosis involving a bacterial symbiont (Hamiltonella defensa), a plant virus (To

Minute-scale control of ubiquitin-mediated degradation reveals dynamics of bacterial secreted effector-functions

How Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes could stop disease spread: Evidence from field trials

The article discusses the World Mosquito Program's use of Wolbachia bacteria to combat mosquito-borne diseases. Wolbachia bacteria outcompet

How a novel cave bacterium challenges our understanding of multicellularity evolution

This article explores the evolution of multicellularity through the lens of a novel cave bacterium, Jeongeupia sacculi, which challenges exi

Study Finds Household Cohabitation, Not Genetics, Drives Transmission of Diabetes- and Cancer-Linked Microbes

Researchers mapped the environmental and physical dynamics of human microbiome transmission, proving that household cohabitation is the prim