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A research team says their findings could help tackle soaring antibiotic-resistant infections that cause urinary tract ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

“We found that gut bacteria, including Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, ferment sugars into ethanol in the ...

This article is based on a poster originally authored by Krishna Macha, Sushmita Sudarshan, Carina Gao, Oksana Sirenko, and Sheela Muley. Bacterial and yeast strains are central to microbiology, ...

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

An international research team has uncovered compelling evidence that gut-microbe-derived molecules may play an important ...

In this interview, News Medical speaks with Rhea Stringer, Electron Microscopist at the John Innes Centre, about the role of electron microscopy in biological imaging. Rhea discusses how advanced ...