In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Imaging wall-less plant cells every six minutes for 24 hours revealed how the cells build their protective barriers.

The effect of saccharin on the microbiome has received much attention, but its impact on pathogenic bacterial species is less ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked ... the abundant brown ...

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

Engineered frog-derived peptides may become powerful new antibiotics, showing strong results against resistant bacteria in ...

They say the height of women’s heels can be used as a recession indicator. As the economy fails, heels get higher. But what about the whereabouts of their waistlines? If low waistlines are a ...

“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 ...

Every day, you handle a ton of objects without even thinking about it: phone in hand, keyboard under your fingers, water bottle in your mouth… Have you ever thought about the amount of bacteria hiding ...

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 ...

A common vaginal condition known as bacterial vaginosis (BV) may actually be a sexually transmitted infection (STI), according to researchers. The NHS currently says BV is caused by "a change in ...