Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the bacteria ...

Scientists have long recognized human skin as a vibrant ecosystem that's home to millions of microorganisms. Our skin ...

Obelisks have been identified in bacteria residing in various parts of the human body, including the mouth and intestinal ...

A team of scientists led by the UAB has identified a new type of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) found in human proteins that ...

Bacterial cells are about a thousand times smaller than human cells but they are far more numerous. Even though only about 1 per cent of body weight is due to the bacteria living on or inside the ...

coli (pictured), use chemicals to sense the world around them and navigate inside the body ... that surround them to move in the human body. Bacteria also stay alive in the body by consuming ...

Research studies are revealing how to help your body’s gut microbiome regulate your emotions, stress levels, and behavior.

The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers at UZH have now shown ...

A decade ago, biologists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier published a landmark paper describing a natural immune system found in bacteria ... directly inside the human body,” she ...

In 2020, Straussman's team looked at more than 1,500 human tumours across ... to spread to other parts of the body. The researchers found bacteria living inside breast tumour cells that were ...

Scientists estimate that tens of trillions of viruses live inside of us ... In the human body, for example, phages typically don’t exterminate their host bacteria. And bacteria may benefit ...