Astronauts and their microbiomes are inseparable even in space. But what happens when Streptococcus mutans rebel against peaceful life in the human body?
Survival
What ticked fungi to shift towards the human host system to thrive as opportunistic pathogens over time? Here’s an overview.
Ground squirrels are known to hold on to long periods of hibernation through the strategic help of ureolytic bacteria. Here’s the why and how this connection is important to us.
Bacteriophages strategically use the protein signalling system to determine when it’s best for them to proliferate or to stay dormant
Many human cultures consider cannibalism unethical. Bacterial cultures have a different take.
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