Bacteria can sneakily evade our best efforts at eradication by developing resistance to various pressures in their ...

"There's great interest in how bacteria spread because they can play a role in everything from infections and agriculture to designing better vehicles for drug delivery and environmental waste ...

Microswimmers: Studying how bacteria swim in complex fluids provides insight into how the micro-organisms move through different environments, such as inside the human body. (Courtesy: Cheng Research ...

Endosymbiotic relationships—in which one organism lives within another—are striking examples of mutualism, and can often significantly shape the biology of the participant species. In new findings ...

Bacteria that rarely tumble are likely to get trapped by obstacles, slowing dispersion. Bacteria that tumble frequently often “retrace their steps,” also slowing dispersion. Dispersion is maximized by ...