coli infections and cholera, become toxic to humans—a process that involves toxic genes expressed by otherwise dormant phages ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

Dead bacteria release an enzyme that breaks down their contents into nutrients for other bacteria, highlighting a novel ...

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria's "motor, ...

Trying to predict how bacteria will spread is like predicting the flight of a leaf in a windstorm—it's a complicated and ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

An insect ecology professor at the University of Kentucky explored her research on how bacteria affects spider reproduction ...

Scientists in South Korea have engineered tiny bacterial cells that are churning out plastic. The plastics produced by the modified Escherichia coli ( E. coli) bacteria are known as polyester amides ...

A new study from the University of Haifa – Oranim Campus, published in the prestigious scientific journal Current Biology, ...

It’s important to note that researchers are likely at least 10 to 30 years away from creating mirror bacteria. On the timescale of a fast-moving field like synthetic biology, a decade is a very long ...

New research reveals that specialized gut bacteria convert bile acids into powerful healing compounds, offering hope for ...