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Hannah Hampton (University of Otago) and colleagues published a review in Nature on the arms race between bacteria and phages.

Two groups have published papers showing how jumbo phages can create nucleus-like structures in their hosts to protect phage DNA from CRISPR-Cas systems. Read Senén Mendoza (UCSF) and colleagues' paper on how this works for a Pseudomonas ph

Two groups have published papers showing how jumbo phages can create nucleus-like structures in their hosts to protect phage DNA from CRISPR-Cas systems. Read Senén Mendoza (UCSF) and colleagues' paper on how this works for a Pseudomonas ph

Anushila Chatterjee (University of Colorado) and colleagues have used transposon library screening and RNA sequencing to thoroughly investigate the interaction of E. faecalis with a virulent phage. They show that phage predation can influen

Anushila Chatterjee (University of Colorado) and colleagues have used transposon library screening and RNA sequencing to thoroughly investigate the interaction of E. faecalis with a virulent phage. They show that phage predation can influen

If you haven't read Elio Schaechter's blog, Small Things Considered, you should take a look. This week he wrote a lovely post on flagellotropic phages and how phages "lasso" their host by the flagella, then glide down to the base for infect

If you haven't read Elio Schaechter's blog, Small Things Considered, you should take a look. This week he wrote a lovely post on flagellotropic phages and how phages "lasso" their host by the flagella, then glide down to the base for infect

Jeffrey Carey (University of Pennsylvania) and colleagues have shown that a temperate E. coli phage reprograms its host's regulation of an anaerobic respiratory system. They found that the prophage disables the bet-hedging strategy that aid

Jeffrey Carey (University of Pennsylvania) and colleagues have shown that a temperate E. coli phage reprograms its host's regulation of an anaerobic respiratory system. They found that the prophage disables the bet-hedging strategy that aid

Marta Lourenço (Institut Pasteur) and colleagues have published a preprint on how inaccessible sites in the mouse gut mucosa serve as a spatial refuge for bacteria, limiting phage predation, and leading to phage-bacterial coexistence that i

Marta Lourenço (Institut Pasteur) and colleagues have published a preprint on how inaccessible sites in the mouse gut mucosa serve as a spatial refuge for bacteria, limiting phage predation, and leading to phage-bacterial coexistence that i

Siobhán O'Brien of the University of Liverpool and colleagues published a paper showing how transposable prophages lead to P. aeruginosa adaptation. They alter iron availability to show that transposable prophages cause P. aeruginosa to evo

Siobhán O'Brien of the University of Liverpool and colleagues published a paper showing how transposable prophages lead to P. aeruginosa adaptation. They alter iron availability to show that transposable prophages cause P. aeruginosa to evo

We've known for a while that Vibrio cholerae makes cholera toxin because of a phage, and that the phage's receptor is Vibrio's toxin coregulated pilus (Tcp). But how does the phage actually get in? Here's a new paper by Miguel Gutierrez-Rod

We've known for a while that Vibrio cholerae makes cholera toxin because of a phage, and that the phage's receptor is Vibrio's toxin coregulated pilus (Tcp). But how does the phage actually get in? Here's a new paper by Miguel Gutierrez-Rod

As German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München pursues the goal of developing personalized medical approaches for the prevention and therapy of major common diseases such as diabetes mellitus, allergies and lu

As German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Zentrum München pursues the goal of developing personalized medical approaches for the prevention and therapy of major common diseases such as diabetes mellitus, allergies and lu

Alfred Fillol-Salom (Univ. of Glasgow) and colleagues have uncovered how Gram-negative phage-inducible chromosomal islands (PICIs), a universal class of mobile genetic elements that impact bacterial virulence, hijack phage machinery for the

Alfred Fillol-Salom (Univ. of Glasgow) and colleagues have uncovered how Gram-negative phage-inducible chromosomal islands (PICIs), a universal class of mobile genetic elements that impact bacterial virulence, hijack phage machinery for the

Dr. Patrick R. Secor, Missoula, Montana The Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana invites applications for a Research Assistant III. The responsibilities of the position include lab maintenance, cell culturing, prepar