Lactobacillus, a beneficial bacterial species (red), has genes that enable it to attach to a specific region of the fruit fly gastrointestinal tract (blue/cyan). Credit: Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science.

A study led by researchers at the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has uncovered alarming evidence that soil worldwide is emerging as a significant reservoir and ...

An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—and their bacterial hosts, offering a ...

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