Rival tribes of bacteria armed with poison darts are fighting it out in your gut, with armies of traitors often winning the day ...

Acquisition of this element shuts down a potent weapon of B. fragilis, yet arms it with a new weapon to which the strain that donated the DNA is protected. These weapons help the bacteria carve ...

Colon cancer kills more than 50,000 Americans each year. One in 22 men and one in 24 women will be diagnosed with colon cancer in their lifetime. Currently, patients rely on colonoscopies to detect ...

New research from the University of Chicago shows that a large, ubiquitous mobile genetic element changes the antagonistic weaponry of Bacteroides fragilis, a common bacterium of the human gut.

Further examination of fecal samples from IBD patients revealed a striking pattern: the PSA promoter was predominantly in the ...

In this bug-shoot-bug world, one of the most vicious is a species called Bacteroides fragilis, which releases a range of ...

Acquisition of this element shuts down a potent weapon of B. fragilis, yet arms it with a new weapon to which the strain that donated the DNA is protected. These weapons help the bacteria carve ...