There’s all sorts going on in the tiny world of bacteria. One species, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a cannibal—it eats other bacteria. Bacteria also build bridges to share bits of DNA with ...

I completed a PhD in 2010 studying the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in Liz Sockett’s lab. Predatory bacteria are fascinating and a lot of fun; here I learned how to be a scientist ...

Microbiologist Dan Buckley joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about microbiology. What's the fastest known bacteria? Is the zombie fungi from "The Last Of Us" realistic?

Bacterial structural biology is a scientific discipline that concerns the structure of bacterial macromolecules, especially proteins and nucleic acids. Such studies are used to understand the ...

Cellular microbiology is the scientific study of the functions and properties of microbial cells. This discipline combines techniques and approaches of classic cell biology and microbiology. Here ...