Researchers discover a hidden virus in gut bacteria that could explain colon cancer and help detect it earlier ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

A new study reveals that the gut microbiome is way more complex than people might think. A virus in it may hold the key to ...

A newly discovered parasite has caused quite a stir among microbiologists who were left scrambling to place it on the tree of life – and it seems even the organism itself is confused as to its ...

The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential predator to go away, according to a recent study in mBio. University of Illinois ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance.

Researchers have developed a powerful new tool that can track how microbes spread between people with unprecedented precision ...

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