People with anxiety can experience decreased microbial diversity and fewer short-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria, recent ...

A team of scientists have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn them into acetic acid ...

Imagine a world where bacteria, typically feared for causing disease, are turned into powerful weapons against cancer. That’s ...

A new study reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis. The ...

Researchers have genetically engineered microbes to produce a strong, flexible plastic similar to nylon for the first time.

Fungi are among the most important organisms on Earth. Even though most of the world's described 157,000 fungal species are ...

More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for ...

The ratio of two types of bacteria in the gut microbiome may be able to predict disease severity in multiple sclerosis, ...

For millennia, humans have had an unwritten trade deal with the microbes that inhabit our guts. We feed them fiber, and they ...

Mouth microbes are related to several physical and psychological health issues. It's one more reason people should be careful ...

Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist ...