Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to potential CO₂ removal from exhaust emissions. Animals, plants, and many other livi ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive ...

About two-thirds of us have it in our bodies, but for most people, the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori for short) ...

It took on a comma shape, drawing in moisture all the way from the Bahamas, and dumping it into an Arctic air mass in place over the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast. Mashable Light Speed Want more out ...

Uncomfortable Truths About Vibrios Now, let's dive deeper into Vibrios-- motile, comma-shaped bacteria that live in brackish coastal water and sometimes contaminate oysters. Although Vibrio cholerae ...

Meanwhile, Commas at Ellsworth Place is inching closer to its opening. Though an official date is not set, Ellsworth Place representative Jenn Buonanotte told MoCo360 that furniture and signage should ...

A new species of bacteria shapeshifts into a long thread-like form in a never-before-seen technique to spread from cell-to-cell within its roundworm host. A research team from San Diego State ...

Round spheres, straight rods, and twisting corkscrews, bacteria come in many different shapes. The shape of bacteria is dictated by their cell wall, the strong outer barrier of the cell. As bacteria ...