V. cholerae’s growth and competition on natural surfaces (left). The framed area is zoomed-in on the right and shows the killing of a bacterium (indicated…
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Hookworms have evolved to evade all FDA approved medications veterinarians use to kill them. Hookworms are one of the most common parasites plaguing the companion…
New research predicts that the loss of 108 threatened primates could doom an additional 176 parasite species to extinction, because they have no other suitable…
Phytoplasma effector SAP05 induces witches’ broom in Arabidopsis. Credit: John Innes Centre Zombie plants, witches’ brooms and the curse that might contain a cure. A…
Researchers identified a potential new target for malaria drugs: an enzyme called acetyl-CoA synthetase found in plasmodium. This 3D artistic illustration depicts blood cells, including…
A spotted hyena cub in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. Credit: Zach Laubach While the 1994 animated classic The Lion King includes somewhat accurate antagonistic relationships between…
Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a fungus parasitizing an ant, and the fossil also represents a new fungal genus…
Trypanosome cell during meiosis. Credit: Dr. Lori Peacock Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce…
Fulani Village. Credit: Issiaka Soulama Researchers compared metabolic responses to human malaria in children of different populations. In 2019, 409,000 people died of malaria–most were…
A mycoplasma cell is gliding on a sheet of sialylated oligosaccharide fixed on glass. The gliding machinery on the cell is presented as three kinds…
Hazard & Caswell bottles from an apothecary in Newport, R.I., that contained a medicinal concoction marketed as a cure for digestive and other ailments. Credit:…
Fragment of the anterior end of an individual living worm (Ramisyllis multicaudata) dissected out of its host sponge. Bifurcation of the gut can be seen…
An at-risk mussel species. Credit: David Aldridge Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can help…
Four little brown bats. Credit: Joseph Hoyt of Virginia Tech Since 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome has caused sharp declines in bat populations…
Cryptosporidium “Crypto” parasite. Credit: CDC A chain reaction led by cells lining the intestines tips the immune system off to the presence of the parasite…
Specimens of the clover-like Medicago truncatula plant were each given an initial mixture of two strains of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Ensifer meliloti to learn what…
Parent visiting chicks. Credit: Santiago Merino / National Museum of Natural Sciences Madrid Researchers in Spain study how disease vectors such as flying midges sense…
West Virginia University researchers were part of a team that discovered how Massospora, a parasitic fungus, manipulates male cicadas into flicking their wings like females…
Aorta tissues that were not exposed to BafA (left) did not sprout new vessels, while BafA-exposed aorta tissues (right) did. Credit: Kentaro Tsukamoto Scientists gain…
Sea star wasting disease, pictured here, is likely caused by the sea star associated densovirus. Credit: Oregon State Parks Warming events are increasing in magnitude…