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

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

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

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

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.

Cases of bacterial sexually transmitted infections are on the rise worldwide. An international team led by the University of Zurich has now developed ...

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