Interventions involving bacteria or fungi could help to sequester greenhouse gases, create more sustainable products and ...

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

Scientists have described antimicrobial resistance as an overlooked pandemic. Improving surveillance can help prevent deadly ...

Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The pill, ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria--such as how they synthesise their protective capsules--is essential for developing new ...

Among the viral pathogen families classed as high risk for both epidemics and pandemics are coronaviridae, which includes ...

In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

Researchers have exploited bacteria they found in sewage plants to detoxify tetrachloroethene, a common chemical used to ...

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 ...