How did modernizing cheesemaking change the microbes inside the cheese? By sequencing preserved traditional Alpine cheese wheels spanning 142 years from a single Alpine dairy, Somerville et al. trace ...

Bacterial resistance to bacteriophages (phages) relies on two primary strategies: preventing phage attachment and blocking post-attachment steps. These latter mechanisms are mediated by defence system...

Bacteriophages (phages) are abundant members of the gut microbiota and regulators of bacterial communities. During homeostasis, gut phage communities are longitudinally stable and lysogenic replicatio...

Despite an increasingly detailed picture of the molecular mechanisms of bacteriophage (phage)–bacterial interactions, we lack an understanding of how these interactions evolve and impact disease withi...