We were surprised to find that some hospital germs, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, might be able to break down plastic. P ...

The genome structure—how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism—is fundamental to the processes and ...

“I would venture to say that bacteria and archaea use everything ... but they have also transformed biotechnology. From the discovery of restriction enzymes in the 1970s to transformative ...

Chinese researchers have swabbed the Chinese Tiangong Space Station and found a novel strain of bacterium called 'Niallia ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe after analyzing samples taken from China's Tiangong space ...

Scientists at the McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have reengineered a compact RNA-guided enzyme ...

In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria to be ... Institute at Harvard Medical School and the Wyss ...

A new study by Danish researchers has demonstrated that it is possible to develop a consortium of bacteria that can inhibit ...

But a team of researchers has discovered that bacteria can invade the brain after a medical device is implanted, contributing to inflammation and reducing the device's long-term effectiveness.

Scientists found that acetate plus Bacteroides bacteria in the gut cuts fat and liver mass by boosting sugar removal and fat ...