North Carolina health officials warned beach-goers against swimming at three beaches after heavy rain caused runoff, bringing high levels of bacteria to the water. According to the NC Recreational ...

Of course, you might be concerned about bacteria and viruses that can make you sick. But rest assured, the vast majority of microorganisms in the environment are not harmful, and many are actually ...

Soil bacteria play a crucial role in regulating soil biological processes, and understanding how straw return affects bacterial populations can guide better agricultural management practices. Methods: ...

Here, we characterized, over the course of a year, the geographic variation, building-function dependence, and dispersal characteristics of indoor and outdoor airborne microbiomes (bacterial members ...

We thank the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2024FYA1509600, W.W.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 21925403, W.W.; Grant 22404075, R.-C.X.), the Natural ...

Scientists from the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research (IOI) have developed a new screening method to tackle bacterial resistance to the tetracycline class of antibiotics.

Birmingham scientists have identified an essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to "displace" antibiotic-resistance genes from bacteria. Plasmids, which are small ...

A new species of bacteria that functions like electrical wiring has recently been discovered on a brackish beach in Oregon. The species was named Candidatus Electrothrix yaqonensis in honor of the ...

Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can act as electric wiring, according to a new study. The bacteria, named Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, could usher in a "new era of ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of bacteria capable of conducting electricity, potentially paving the way for innovative bioelectronic technologies. These applications could ...

Here, we quantitatively survey genotype-phenotype associations in HCM to derive a data-driven taxonomy of disease expression. We enrolled 436 patients with HCM (median age, 60 years; 28.8% women) with ...