Our guts are home to trillions of microbes that influence our health. A new study finds the key to a healthy microbiome is ...

Earth's first photosynthetic organisms—self-organize into intricate living mats, offering insights into aquatic ecosystems ...

Microplastics can go right through wastewater treatment plants, and researchers have engineered bacteria commonly found there ...

Lake Mendota bacteria evolve rapidly with seasonal changes, adapting to conditions yet returning yearly to near-original ...

Each year, most species of bacteria in a Wisconsin lake rapidly evolved, apparently in response to dramatically changing ...

Although researchers have been able to learn a lot about the bacteria in the gut microbiome, and some stuff about the viruses and archaea that live there too, this work focused on a lesser-known ...

"Mirror bacteria" being developed in labs could be ... to those in the cells of all existing life—akin to the mirrored shapes of our left and right hands—and, because of this fundamental ...

More than 20 different branded cheese products have been recalled from sale due to the possible presence of a bacteria which could cause illness. The various types of cheese affected were produced ...

These microbes often perform essential functions and can influence the human body in many different ways that are still being understood. The microbiome is also established at (or possibly, before) ...

If these shapes were reflected — as they would ... Transmission via animals and humans could enable the spread of such bacteria into different ecosystems. Jones, an expert in plant immune ...