There's something make-believe, almost Pokémon-like in a new species of bacteria found living on a mud flat in Oregon.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the bacteria ...

“This may be fundamentally different from sexual reproduction in animals, plants, fungi, and non-bacterial organisms, where DNA is exchanged during meiosis, but the outcome in terms of species ...

There are roughly 30,000 different species of bacteria. Some can harm human health, while others can be helpful. Those that are helpful maintain overall health in the body. The most well-known ...

Your mouth is a thriving ecosystem of more than 500 different species of bacteria living in distinct, structured communities ... In a new study, two species of bacteria grown in a lab reversed ...

Various other animal and plant species have also evolved their own specialized structures to take advantage of completely different microbial functions: the production of particular antimicrobial ...

INRAE scientists have identified seven bacteria involved in the microbiota barrier effect, which prevents pathogenic bacteria ...

Unfortunately, Vibrio natriegens doesn't have the sophisticated molecular tools that are available in a commonly used lab ...

The species also contains genes and metabolic pathways that are a mix of two different bacterial genera. It "seems to be a bridge," which suggests it "could provide new insights into how these ...

One dataset used in the study looked at tree species abundance in the United States. Virginia’s forests, among the nation’s ...