Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

Researchers find that unique bacterial species, known as the “sexome,” are transferred between individuals during sexual ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), hundreds of millions of new cases of bacterial sexually transmitted ...

Hundreds of different species of microbes live, laugh, and love in your gut. In the future, one of these might serve a new function: microscopic in-house pharmacist.

Genital micro-organisms dubbed the ‘sexsome’ could prove useful in sexual assault cases where there is no DNA evidence, say ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce. Eventually, ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...