A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...

When exposed to antibiotics, approximately one out of every 10 8 -10 9 bacteria develops resistance due to spontaneous ...

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

Dead bacteria release an enzyme that breaks down their contents into nutrients for other bacteria, highlighting a novel ...

Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria's "motor, ...

Scientists in South Korea have engineered tiny bacterial cells that are churning out plastic. The plastics produced by the ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

Artificial bacterial transformation is a laboratory technique scientists use to introduce foreign DNA into bacterial cells. There are two main methods by which this is achieved: Gram positive and Gram ...