Scientists and others used bacteria grown on agar plates to create their artworks for the American Society for Microbiology’s annual Agar Art competition.

Art-cleaning bacteria are still on the cutting edge in the restoration world, but they could dramatically improve some old artwork.

Scientist and YouTuber The Thought Emporium has created "agar art" using a 3D-printer robot that squirts out droplets of bacteria. The post Beautiful Art Made with Bacteria and a Robot appeared ...

Scientists and artists alike are using genetic engineering and imagination to grow microbes into colorful, artistic patterns.

This smartphone bacteria may be art, but that doesn't mean it isn't real. The truth is we're all filthy, filthy creatures and your smartphone harbors proof.

You could do worse than bioluminescent bacteria. Should you be in the market for a loyal friend or modest co-worker: Bioluminescent bacteria will never fake a sick day, flake out or decline to show… ...

The advanced collective and social intelligence of bacteria colonies makes for some very psychedelic design.

Art restoration is a tricky and complicated process that requires incredible skills and years of experience to accomplish.

The American Society for Microbiology’s annual agar art awards asked scientists, artists and others to create art out of microbes. This year, the theme was: who is your favorite microbiologist?

The BYU Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology hosted its annual agar art competition on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

As Spanish microbiologist Pilar Bosch was casting around for a subject to investigate for her PhD in 2008, she stumbled across a paper suggesting that bacteria, her field, could be used in art ...