New research demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for vaccines and antiviral therapies.

A newly discovered bacterial species aboard China's Tiangong space station may offer insights into how life can survive and ...

DNA analysis has revealed that 26 novel species of "extremophile" bacteria were lurking in a clean room that housed NASA's ...

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

Shigella resistant to several common antibiotic treatments spread from humans to primates at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo in ...

Understanding the origin of the building block of all animal and plant life may lead to more insights about life on Earth and ...

For most of human history, the overall population is believed to have remained quite low. But since the early 1800s, the ...

Scientists want to study the way your body’s gut microbes react and interact with psychedelic substances like magic mushrooms ...

Corals everywhere on the planet live in harmony with microscopic organisms. Many corals get their vivid colors from ...

Corals everywhere on the planet live in harmony with microscopic organisms. Many corals get their vivid colors from ...

Giant viruses, like the ones found in Yellowstone's hot springs, have been turning up in many odd corners of the planet.

Bacterial cells have colonized every part of our world. But even though some can evade disinfectants to live in NASA cleanrooms, others are ... | Microbiology ...