In a recent study published in the Cell Host & Microbe Journal, researchers explored commensalism and pathogenesis relationships in the human mycobiome. Study: One population, multiple lifestyles: ...

In Tanzania, we watched on many occasions when small flocks of red-billed birds descended upon the backs of giraffes, cape buffalo, elephants and hippopotamuses, prancing around like they owned them.

(1) Three Vaccinium species each in turn dominate a section of a gradient of light and temperature, with some overlap: V. uliginosum (ULI) dominates tundra sites, V. angustifolium (ANG) open but ...

Organisms both cooperate and compete in ecosystems. When they have close and long-term interactions, their relationship is known as symbiosis. In symbiosis, at least one member of the pair benefits ...

Candida albicans is a frequent pathogen of immunologically compromised individuals, but it is an even more common commensal of healthy humans, where it resides in the gut in a benign state. A new ...