Scientists have identified a strong link between childhood exposure to a bacterial toxin called colibactin and the rising ...

A new species of bacteria discovered on board a space station could have profound implications for astronauts and long-term ...

The unusual molecular makeup of Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, may hold clues for understanding and treating the tick-borne disease.

How immune cells eliminate bacteria is a fundamental question in biology and medicine, with implications for infectious ...

An innovative imaging technique developed at Carnegie Mellon University reveals single bacterial cells leaving their biofilm ...

The microbes in the human gut can have a powerful effect on our health and well-being, as many studies have shown in recent years... | Microbiology ...

Higher levels of a type of bacteria called Lachnospiraceae in the gut may be a key risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS), ...

Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It ...

These simulations showed that bacteria could still survive and generate electricity by using the surrounding surface to “breathe.” Lab experiments confirmed it: the bacteria grew on conductive ...

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

Bacterial infections have challenged humanity ... it may inspire new tools in synthetic biology and diagnostics. "Since the Kongming immune effector complex specifically responds to dITP, it ...

Marine biology is the study of life in the oceans and brackish waters, which ranges from archaea and bacteria to marine mammals, and includes organisms such as corals that affect the shape of the ...