• Six to Tango

    by Elio — One genome at a time can be ex­cit­ing, but two even more so. I'm not en­tirely sure why this is, al­though it may ex­plain our fas­ci­na­tion with sex. And what if more than two en­ti­ties were in­volved? What if the in­ti­macy were not just be­tween two in­di­vid­ual or­gan­isms, but be­tween...

  • A Bug in a Bug in a Bug

    by Elio — Rat­tling around in­side my head for some time has been the re­ported dis­cov­ery that there are bac­te­ria that live within other bac­te­ria. To me, this is an hon­est-to-good­ness gee-whiz piece of mi­cro­bial lore. Made me won­der why the story had not been fol­lowed up on. Could be be­cause you have…