A world of microbes resides within the gut of every human being. This vast microbial community, the microbiome, which includes bacteria and viruses, has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to actively ...

Roughly one in three uropathogenic E. coli samples collected by a national laboratory turned out to be resistant to multiple ...

Research has revealed how bacteria rely on circadian clocks to control the spread of their multicellular colonies. The ...

A new Caltech study indicates that drought increases the abundances of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in soils, which directly correlates with an increase in antibiotic-resistant infections in ...

Bacteria can pass proteins between themselves, which induces a dormant state that helps a small group of them survive ...

Microorganisms produce a wide variety of natural products that can be used as active ingredients to treat diseases such as infections or cancer. The blueprints for these molecules can be found in the ...

Potato salad stays fresh longer when it is kept as cold as possible. TalTech researchers found that low temperatures promote ...

A varied diet rich in vegetables is known to be healthy for one’s well-being. Excessive consumption of meat, especially red meat, can lead to chronic and cardiovascular diseases. That is also because ...

A new study untangles the complex microbial history of Ötzi the Iceman, revealing which microorganisms originated during his lifetime and which arrived long after his death.

In 1987, a microbiologist named Derek Lovley was sifting through muddy sediment from the Potomac River in Washington D.C., ...

Researchers are investigating whether certain viruses known as bacteriophages, or phages, which specifically infect bacteria but not human cells, affect the development of type 1 diabetes in young ...