Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

Salmonella and many other kinds of bacteria are of the social type: They can live and even thrive inside a host cell. But unlike us, these bacteria do not spend a long time wooing the cell in the hope ...

By spinning bacteria in a controlled flow, scientists produce aligned cellulose sheets with tensile strength over 500 MPa.

A study from the UK tested swabs from cell phone screens and car keys in petri dishes, and found 241 colonies grew on the key ...

A specially designed microbe cuts dietary methylmercury levels in pregnant mice, signaling the potential for a new tool for ...

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

You may be diligent about washing your face and applying your skin care. But one common mistake might be reintroducing breakout-causing bacteria to your freshly cleansed face. “Be cautious in using ...

Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-celled organisms travel the globe high in the atmosphere. Scientists are finding that they play a role in the weather and our health.

In the world of microorganisms, microbes compete for turf, spew chemicals at foes, and sometimes exploit the microscopic terrain to gain an edge. In a study published June 4 in the Cell Press ...

The researchers also found that the spread of the bacteria ebbs and flows with the landscape created by growing yeast cells. To better understand these dynamics, they built a model to simulate the ...

Bacterial transformation was discovered in Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) by Frederick Griffith in 1928.3 He was conducting vaccination experiments in mice with S. pneumoniae bacteria and ...