“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

Biocement-producing bacteria have the potential to enhance cement manufacturing and repair, but growing these microbes on-site remains a challenge. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials ...

In another experiment, bacteria thrived when the proteasome functioned normally but the peptides produced within it were destroyed. The effectiveness of the peptides was also demonstrated in mice ...

Nursing for at least six months may spur beneficial gut bacteria connected to better heart health years later. An observational study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH ...

The average adult gut contains over a kilo of bacteria. Yet, the composition of that microbiota varies from person to person. Microbiota composition is almost as unique as an individual’s DNA ...

For fraternal twins who share 50 percent of their genes, this rate drops to around 2 percent. Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person's risk of developing multiple ...

For decades, scientists have explored the potential of bacteria in fighting cancer, but safety and efficacy barriers have stood in the way. Now, a research team has cracked the code behind how ...