Leprosy, long believed to have been introduced to the Americas by Europeans, has a more complex history. A recent study ...

By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaA recent study published in Nature Microbiology examined the motility behavior of copiotrophic ...

The first bacteria our bodies meet – in the hours after we're born – could protect us from dangerous infections, UK ...

There's something make-believe, almost Pokémon-like in a new species of bacteria found living on a mud flat in Oregon.

New research suggests the probiotic McH1-7 could help stop the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease among wild corals ...

Buildings could be designed so they "naturally support a healthy microbiome", said White and Wilson. This could be done by ...

Your mouth is a thriving ecosystem of more than 500 different species of bacteria living in distinct, structured communities ... In a new study, two species of bacteria grown in a lab reversed ...

An optimal mix of gut bacteria (microbiome) found in infants born vaginally could help children fight off severe viral lower ...

Probiotics are everywhere, claiming to help us poop, restore gut health, and more. They can also be used to help threatened coral reefs. A bacterial probiotic has helped slow the spread of stony coral ...

INRAE scientists have identified seven bacteria involved in the microbiota barrier effect, which prevents pathogenic bacteria ...

“This may be fundamentally different from sexual reproduction in animals, plants, fungi, and non-bacterial organisms, where DNA is exchanged during meiosis, but the outcome in terms of species ...

The irradiating environment within a microwave oven might seem inhospitable to microbes. But swabs from microwave ovens in several different locales identified over 100 bacterial strains ...