Huge, bacteria-eating viruses could be a game-changer for antibiotics that currently struggle to fend off deadly infections.

Jumbo phages use a protein shield to protect their DNA from bacterial attacks. A special handshake controls which molecules enter.

This manuscript describes an important finding of the transcriptional control of a chimeric gene transfer agents (GTA) cluster in Bartonella by a processive anti-termination factor (BrrG). The ...

In the face of rising concerns about antibiotic resistant infections, an international group of microbial experts have ...