Methanol is metabolized into the natural gas methane by many microbes living under Earth’s surface, but its source has been unclear. It emerges that some bacteria convert formate molecules into ...

The current study, led by researchers at the University of Exeter in the UK, suggests that by promoting certain bacteria in ...

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

Researchers have discovered crucial new information about how microbes consume huge amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and help reduce levels of this deadly gas.

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer People with higher levels of a “good” bacterium called Faecalibacterium in their guts also have ...

An analysis of the gut microbiome in women from four African countries provides crucial data for this under-represented ...

A University at Buffalo study reveals that a strain isolated from contaminated soil can break down the strong carbon-fluorine ...

To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking and ice making should be boiled ...

Probiotics may help with many health conditions. Although they're generally safe, it's important to talk with your doctor ...

A team has identified a strain of bacteria that can break down and transform at least three types of PFAS, and, perhaps even more crucially, some of the toxic byproducts of the bond-breaking process.