A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

A new study suggests that the key to understanding colorectal cancer may lie not only in gut bacteria, but in the viruses ...

Anaerobic bacteria constitute a diverse group of microorganisms that thrive in environments devoid of oxygen. Among these, Bacteroides fragilis stands out as a major opportunistic pathogen, commonly ...

Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark have identified a previously unknown virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium, and it appears to double the odds of colorectal cancer. The study, ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

B. fragilis is a commensal bacteria that normally lives in the human gastrointestinal tract. It can become pathogenic due to disruption of the normal intestinal mucosa through trauma or surgery.