Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for both the host and its resident. It may seem unusual, but complex cells are thought ...
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One Gut Microbe Blocks Weight Gain in Mice on a High-Fat Diet
In another, perhaps counterintuitive study, mice that had all their gut bacteria wiped out were protected from gaining as ...
An organism as a tenant in another - in biology, this often works quite well. ETH researchers have now shed light on how such a partnership of a cell in a cell can establish. Endosymbiosis is a ...
A mineral-hogging fungus can “bully” bacteria into becoming more antibiotic resistant, according to new work published June 20 in the journal PLOS Biology by Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists. The ...
Researchers at the University of Maine have discovered that a common interaction between a bacterium and a fungus may significantly increase the risk ...
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Urea is a small molecule formed as proteins ...
An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans. The ...
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