For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that constantly “sense” their surroundings to survive and thrive. New research shows that beneficial gut microbes, especially common Clostridia bacteria, can ...

Plant‐pathogenic fungi rely on finely tuned cellular processes to invade host tissues and sustain infection. This study ...

How can a virus with only five proteins dominate a human cell that contains thousands? This question has long puzzled scientists, faced with the incredible efficiency of pathogens like the rabies ...

Common ocean bacteria struggle to divide when conditions change, reshaping how warming seas affect ecosystems.

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack cellular processes in ticks to ensure their survival and spread to new hosts, ...