Scientists are exploring a bacteria that consumes methane to produce biodegradable plastics. Called Methylocystis ...

Plastics are deeply woven into modern life, valued for their strength, clarity, flexibility, and affordability. However, the production and disposal of these materials pose serious environmental ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

Xiaofang Jiang, a computational biologist at the National Institutes of Health, teamed up with Brantley Hall, a microbiologist at the University of Maryland, to hunt down the gut bacterial enzyme ...

Researchers have discovered a new enzyme that breaks down and synthesizes previously unexplored glycans with prebiotic ...

A self-powered, three-component biosensor capable of killing bacteria in water samples has been developed by materials ...

A deeper look into the apparent self-defense mechanisms of these bacteriophage-resistant bacteria revealed their secret weapon: a group of enzymes called restriction endonucleases, or restriction ...

Instead, their methyl silencing system employs a bacterial enzyme that made its way into the animals around 60 million years ago, researchers reported Monday (February 28) in Nature Communications.

Enzymes found in landfills around the world may be able to break down plastic waste. Some 11 billion metric tons of plastic ...

Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to "burn" (oxidize) compounds like sugar into CO2 and water—a ...

These enzymes are found in the intestines of mammals, such as in the human gut bacteria Bifidobacterium, which helps digest complex carbohydrates. Recent studies have shown that another gut ...