Scientists in South Korea have engineered tiny bacterial cells that are churning out plastic ... The problem is that the same qualities that make plastic so appealing (durability and low cost), make ...

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

B. subtilis spores are stable across a wide temperature range, which reduces the cost of storage and transportation.

derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Scientists have sought to learn how the single-cell organisms survive phage infection in a bid to further ...

The effect of saccharin on the microbiome has received much attention, but its impact on pathogenic bacterial species is less ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

Various microbes, including several human pathogens, hijack the cell’s skeleton, membranes, and protein-making machinery to make themselves at home. Intracellular bacteria use various tricks to ...