our cities are teeming with trillions upon trillions of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Knowing which ones are afoot can tell researchers a lot about the health of the plants, animals, and humans in ...

A group of small, freshwater animals protect themselves ... than those we develop from bacteria and fungi.” Antibiotics are essential to modern healthcare, but most of them were not invented ...

A new study tracks the proliferation of fungal pathogens among various climate change scenarios—and it’s not good news.

After complex cells evolved, organisms like plants, fungi and animals were able to develop ... researchers studied a model of endosymbiosis they created. Escherichia coli bacteria were injected into a ...

Fungi have a nasty reputation among humans. They can cause dangerous diseases like Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida auris among our own kind, massacre beloved fellow animals like frogs and bats ...

Long ago, bacteria entered other cells and stayed. This coexistence laid the foundation for mitochondria and thus the cells of plants, animals, and fungi. What is still poorly understood, however, is ...

Venom isn’t just a feature of some animals; it’s found across the living world, from plants and fungi to bacteria and viruses, says a new study. Lead author William Hayes, an ecologist at Loma ...

A group of small, freshwater animals protect themselves ... than in a susceptible species.” Most of the antibiotics are produced naturally by fungi and bacteria in the wild, and humans can ...

Recipes for self-defense Antibiotics are essential to modern healthcare, but most of them ... chemicals made by bacteria and fungi are poisonous or have side-effects in animals.