Bacteria are constantly moving with the help of motility organs called flagella or pili to colonize new niches. Also, ...

A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday ...

The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to a ...

Thanks to its special compounds, coffee can support liver health in at least five different and significant ways, a new ...

Foal pneumonia is one of the leading causes of disease and death in foals, with severe cases being most commonly caused by ...

The prevalence of carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, or CP-CRE, increased 69% in the United ...

The review highlights how the gut microbiome (the collection of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the digestive system) can affect epigenetics, the process that turns genes on or off without ...

Everyday factors such as diet, stress, medications, and aging can influence these microbial interactions. For example, gut bacteria produce short-chain fatty acids, nutrients, and other chemical ...

Scientists have just taken the most detailed look yet at the biology of a record-breaking human life, profiling a woman who ...

Unlocking the basic science of microbes, especially those that live in extreme environments, could help us find life ...