Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean’s upper layer. Some ...

A groundbreaking study explores how bacterial transfer during intercourse — the "sexome" — could help confirm sexual contact ...

By employing a novel technique to examine how carbohydrates modify proteins, scientists have found that gut bacteria can ...

Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they are to our physiology—in health and disease. A new study from EMBL Heidelberg ...

Harvard researchers have found that M. morganii may contribute to depression by producing an inflammatory molecule.

Genital micro-organisms dubbed the ‘sexsome’ could prove useful in sexual assault cases where there is no DNA evidence, say ...

Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don't primarily affect the gastrointestinal ...

The human body hosts many different types of bacteria. These bacteria ... it is in these organs where the bacterium triggers its widespread autoimmune effects. T cells are a type of white blood cell ...

Around 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The novel ...