A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...

Vermicomposting earthworms help turn manure into organic fertilizer, representing a potential tool against antibiotic ...

Scientists have found that adding biochar to farm soils can help steady the release of carbon dioxide during increasingly ...

Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively ...

Researchers led by Yue Pan at Shenyang Agricultural University tested how swings between wet and dry conditions affect soil organic carbon breakdown ...

Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa ...

Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots, but new research shows they also act as powerful regulators of the ...

Microbes often display cooperative behaviour in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively benefit the group. But ...

Earthworms could become unexpected allies in the global fight against antibiotic resistance, by helping farmers turn manure ...

Viruses living on plastic surfaces may help transfer antibiotic resistance genes among microbes in the environment.

Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.