New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not ...

Researchers conducted a high-throughput growth assay and machine learning to address the genetic and environmental interplay on bacterial growth. The findings indicated that the environmental ...

New research shows that 'hacking' the communication channels between microbes in the mouth could boost levels of beneficial ...

Many everyday chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria and potentially fuel antibiotic resistance, prompting calls to ...

A large study has revealed that dozens of widely used chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria. Many of these substances, ...

A single loading platform for plant growth-promoting bacteria and other active ingredients has been developed. A team of researchers from North Carolina State University (NC, USA) has developed a ...

Because CRISPR news tends to focus on the applications of genome editing—such as treating genetic diseases or improving food—it may be easy to forget that the system is, at its core, used by bacteria ...

Bacteria form teams to hunt and survive, but lazy cheaters always try to freeload without contributing. Groundbreaking IISc ...

Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to processed food additives, revealing how modern diets can reshape microbial evolution worldwide.