These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

Spacecraft are assembled in specialized “cleanrooms” that are designed to avoid contamination from dust and microorganisms.

Somehow, 26 new species of bacteria have managed to survive in the harshest place on Earth -- a NASA cleanroom.

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate ...

France is known for its gastronomy, but what happens after food is eaten may matter just as much to scientists and healthcare ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...