You step on a nail, slice your leg, you get an open wound and the bacteria gets in,” said an infectious disease expert.

And yet a controversial new concept is emerging that claims gut bacteria are an invisible hand altering our brains. Science is piecing together how the trillions of microbes that live on and in ...

Milton displaced people and wildlife like alligators. But "it's not a monster movie out there," and there are other reasons ...

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model ...

Fecal microbiota transplants, or FMTs, are a magic bullet for patients with recurring infections from Clostridioides ...

This discovery could pave the way for bioengineered solutions to tackle plastic waste cleanup. Researchers have long observed ...

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model bacterium E. coli, there are numerous curved and even spiral-shaped bacteria.

Hidden beneath the surface, your bed linen may be home to millions of bacteria, fungi, mites, and viruses. These ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

Bottom Feeders We may have a way of literally eating away at our planet's pollution crisis. As part of a new study published ...

A study by ETH Zurich explores how bacteria can establish endosymbiotic relationships with fungi. Researchers injected E. coli and Mycetohabitans into the fungus Rhizopus microsporus, finding that ...

Microwaves are notorious havens for food splatters and other residue, but it turns out they can also harbor a slew of bacteria that are resistant to heat, too. That’s the conclusion of a ...