Microbial ecosystems—for example, in seawater, the soil or in the human gut—are astonishingly diverse, but researchers often ...

Learn how your kitchen sponge may be harboring more bacteria than you think, and what a more viable substitute may be.

Foods contaminated with the bacteria can make people sick. Symptoms can be mild and include fever, muscle aches, nausea, ...

Spar is recalling several of its chicken products after listeria was found in the food; a deadly bacteria that can cause ...

But they also interact with the human nervous system. Microbes can produce compounds that affect the way neurons work. They ...

Researchers show how mice fed a Western-style diet are not able to rebuild a 'healthy,' diverse gut microbiome following antibiotic treatment. These mice were also more susceptible to infection by ...

A new study by scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and several institutes across India and Saudi Arabia has ...

Peering through a microscope, food scientist Raquel Gomez studies microorganisms that add nutrients and preserve tortillas ...

Adding healthy bacteria and other microbes to certain foods ferments them, which can make them tastier, more digestible, or ...

New research from NC State reveals that different protein sources in animal diets can dramatically alter the gut microbiome, ...

A listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat sandwiches and snacks has sickened at least 10 people in the U.S. The products ...