New research suggests that people with higher levels of a "good" bacteria in their guts also have lower levels of bacteria ...

The current study, led by researchers at the University of Exeter in the UK, suggests that by promoting certain bacteria in ...

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

By Carolyn Beans for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for ...

“If bacteria survive in a harsh, polluted environment, it’s probably because they have adapted to use surrounding chemical ...

Methanol is metabolized into the natural gas methane by many microbes living under Earth’s surface, but its source has been unclear. It emerges that some bacteria convert formate molecules into ...

Microbes are at the forefront of sustainability, enhancing agriculture and biotechnology through innovative solutions like ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

Researchers have discovered crucial new information about how microbes consume huge amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and help reduce levels of this deadly gas.

Scientists recreated the origins of one of life's most important partnerships, uncovering how symbiotic relationships can ...