Corals harbor intracellular algal symbionts in specialized organelles that enable them to build diverse reef ecosystems. Corals and other cnidarians have repeatedly evolved this symbiosis through the ...

SyeA was present in the Buchnera ancestor, is secreted into the host cytoplasm, is homologous to secreted effectors of bacterial pathogens and is essential for Buchnera transmission.

SyeA was present in the Buchnera ancestor, is secreted into the host cytoplasm, is homologous to secreted effectors of bacterial pathogens and is essential for Buchnera transmission.

Symbiotic bacteria can have exceedingly small genomes. This study finds that ancient bacterial symbionts of planthoppers have repeatedly evolved the smallest known genomes, losing most biosynthetic fu...

Survey examines how often academics attempt jokes during conference talks — and how these attempts at comedy land.

As Native Americans around the country rush to secure documents proving their right to live in the United States, many see a bitter irony.

In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.

Intracellular bacterial symbioses have arisen myriad times in eukaryotes, with dozens known from insects alone[1][1],[2][2]. Beginning with Buchnera , the obligate endosymbiont of aphids, genomes of e...

Gassler et al. implant a free-living bacterium into fungal cells to study early steps in the establishment of an endosymbiosis. They observe vertical transmission of the bacteria despite initial host ...