Scientists know relatively little about archaea compared to their bacterial counterparts, but evidence of their roles in health and disease are beginning to trickle in.

Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as one of the foremost public health concerns of the 21st century. Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics has ...

A consortium of researchers with multidisciplinary skills, coordinated by INRAE and including the CNRS, the Université ...

Cable bacteria are multicellular prokaryotes that transfer electrons over centimeter-scale distances in marine and freshwater ...

A study published in Frontiers explores the microbial diversity within hospital sink drains across multiple wards over a year ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral infection machinery against the ...

A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.