Marine bacteria control how much CO2 is stored in the oceans, by swimming after and degrading sinking particles that would otherwise remain stored in the ocean for millennia. Researchers have ...

Swarming is one of the principal forms of bacterial motility facilitated by flagella and surfactants. It plays a distinctive ...

Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can act as electric wiring, according to a new study. The bacteria, named Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, could usher in a "new era of ...

Woolite is recalling over 16,000 bottles of delicate laundry detergent sold exclusively at Amazon due to the potential presence of bacteria, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A nasal cleansing wash sold nationwide is being recalled because the product may be contaminated with bacteria, according to a notice posted this week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

These bacteria have evolved the ability to resist treatment with antibiotics, and it's making them more deadly and harder to treat. Millions of people die as a direct result of bacterial ...

Meanwhile, viruses degrade more easily than bacteria, so there are no physical ... and the people who support it often focus on very specific examples," Anantharaman said. For Caetano-Anolles ...

But surfing, splashing or swimming at some of Southern California’s most popular beaches could result in severe illnesses due to high levels of bacteria in the water, officials say. The Los ...

The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that bacteria didn't have enzymes that could digest them. Evolution has started to change that ...

A 2020 study, for example, examined the microbiome of skinfolds ... One study analysed all these areas to identify the types of bacteria that could be festering there. These bacteria are known ...