For the first time in at least a billion years, two lifeforms have merged into a single organism. The process, called primary endosymbiosis, has only happened twice in the history of the Earth, with ...

Recent studies have illuminated the intricate relationships that exist among single-celled organisms, revealing how these connections may have sparked the evolution of complex life forms. Scientific ...

Researchers have taken an important step in understanding the origins of complex life by recreating the beginnings of endosymbiosis—a phenomenon in which one organism lives inside another—in a ...

ETH researchers investigated the beginning of endosymbiosis, the stable coexistence of a bacterium in a fungus. To do this, they injected bacteria into cells of a fungus. Mary Trump issues warning on ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Far from being solo operators, most single-celled microbes are in complex relationships. In the ocean, the soil, and your gut, they ...

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes. Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more ...

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes. This discovery by John Innes Centre researchers paves the way for more ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab. Far from being solo ...

Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for both the host and its resident. It may seem unusual, but complex cells are thought ...