The tumor microbiota—which includes bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microorganisms present in tumor tissue—is now ...

It is thought that eukaryotes arose when two types of single cell merged, with one engulfing the other. A cell from the domain archaea is proposed to have engulfed a bacterial cell of a type known as ...

Molecular Biology & Microbiology is the home department for 3 different PhD programs: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Microbiology, and Molecular Virology. The statistics for all 3 programs have ...

Natural products derived from marine microorganisms are a potential source of new compounds for drug discovery. The marine environment hosts many sulfur-containing natural products with numerous ...

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists discovered that gut bacteria and the nose work together to shape social behavior in mice, including who fights and who backs down. Using a ...

A surprising observation in the lab has revealed a remarkable ability in Stentor coeruleus, a single-celled organism about one millimeter long. Sometimes nicknamed the "platypus" of microorganisms for ...