Bacteria can exhibit herd immunity protection against phages, which may play a significant role in their ecology and evolution.

Cryo-electron microscopy structures show how coliphage HK022 Nun blocks Escherichia coli RNA polymerase translocation by mediating multiple interactions between the RNA polymerase and nucleic acids.

A cellular map of a deep-sea mussel gill unveils how distinct cell types collaborate to cultivate intracellular symbiotic bacteria, providing insights into host–symbiont interactions and environmental adaptation in bivalves.

Structural, functional, and bioinformatics analyses further understanding of the initial steps of prokaryotic glycoconjugate biosynthesis catalyzed by the large class of membrane-embedded monotopic phosphoglycosyl transferase superfamily.

Tom1 is the ubiquitin ligase in yeast that anchors a protein quality control pathway that rapidly eliminates ribosomal proteins that fail to assemble into ribosomes.

The helical cell shape of Helicobacter pylori depends on the polymerizing cytoskeletal protein CcmA’s recruitment to the cell envelope by Csd5 and CcmA’s indirect stabilization of a periplasmic cell wall hydrolase via interactions with the transmembrane protein Csd7.

Conflicts between CRISPR-Cas systems and antibiotic resistance plasmids can be exploited to selectively eliminate antibiotic resistance from Enterococcus faecalis populations.

Kasugamycin potentiates rifampicin killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by targeting adaptive mistranslation.

In vitro, in vivo and in silico evidence suggests that bacteria exploit intrinsic chromosomal fluctuations to achieve intracellular transport.