A bacterial parasite can infiltrate the nuclei of deep-sea mussels, take control of the cell and reproduce to over 80,000 cells, all while the host is alive. Now, we know how. Researchers at the Max ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which bacteria share their genetic material through virus parasites. The insights could help scientists to better understand how bacteria ...

Deep-sea Bathymodiolus mussels are found worldwide at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. The mussels live in symbiosis with beneficial bacteria that provide them with nutrition. The mussels also have ...

Japanese macaques, colloquially referred to as snow monkeys, famously soak in steaming hot springs during winter. It's easy to see that this helps them stay warm in cold temperatures, but a team of ...

Infectious gastroenteritis is a disease caused by bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens in which the small and/or large intestines become severely inflamed. Because infectious gastroenteritis can ...

Scientists describe a new mechanism impacting the phage-bacterial arms race, a nanosized epibiotic parasite, TM7x, which helps its host bacterium (a Schaalia odontolytica strain called XH001) achieve ...

Research teams led by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the University of Tokyo have discovered an inhibitor of an enzyme found in both ...

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In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups the competition. But sometimes, as in the corporate ...

Infectious colitis is an inflammatory condition caused by bacteria, a virus, or a parasite. It can cause diarrhea and other symptoms. Treatment will depend on the cause. Infectious colitis causes ...

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine In a study published today in Cell, one of the most prominent peer-reviewed scientific journals in the field of Biochemistry & ...