Coral reefs depend on a delicate association between the animal host and its diverse microbial community, collectively the holobiont. Under stable conditions, symbiotic bacteria and other microbes ...

The pathogenesis of dental caries emerges from complex microbial communities that colonise the tooth surface and metabolise dietary sugars into organic acids. This polymicrobial biofilm comprises ...

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The human microbiome has emerged as a critical regulator of cancer biology, influencing tumor initiation, progression, immune ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

In a new study, Yale researchers identify the targets in the human body to which pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, and other vectors bind. Their findings, they say, could help address the ...