Ancient volcanic rock from South Africa has been found to harbour primitive bacteria, which may shed light on some of the ...

The warm, damp environments of your showerhead and toothbrush are the perfect breeding ground for microbes, and a new study ...

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 ...

A sealed rock fracture almost 50 feet below ground has remained home to microbes for the last 2 billion years—the oldest life ...

Pathogenic viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive on plastic. The biohazard risks of this ‘plastisphere’ shouldn’t be overlooked in efforts to tackle the pollution crisis.

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

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

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.

To survive sepsis, you need great medical care, in a hospital staffed with clinicians who know how to get you the right treatments in a timely manner.

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As talks on a global plastics treaty continue in Paris, news of the recent discovery of plastic-eating bacteria in the Alps raises hope they could be harnessed for recycling. But such a solution ...