Bacteria wouldn't be so bad if we could tell them what to do. "Stop spreading! Stop sticking together! Stop fending off our antibiotics!" A new method is starting to allow scientists to do just that, ...

Thousands of types of bacteria live in the human gut. They help digest the food we eat and absorb nutrients, but these bacteria don't just do this to be kind to humans, there is a benefit for them too ...

Researchers have found that transplanting specific gut viruses into obese mice can sharply improve how those animals regulate blood sugar after meals. The work centers on bacteriophages, viruses that ...

Researchers have discovered that a key bacterial protein, CsrA, gathers in a droplet-like structure inside cells to control when and how bacteria activate their disease-causing genes. This newly ...

Scientists at Arizona State University have uncovered surprising new ways bacteria move, even without their usual whip-like propellers called flagella. In one study, E. coli and salmonella were found ...