Another lab, the Environmental Microbiology lab, actually tested a Quarter Pounder from one subject who got sick. “It did end ...

Deep-sea microbes consume alkanes, reducing oceanic and atmospheric pollution, and a new study reveals they utilize a unique ...

The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of ...

Imagine a world where electronic devices are powered by living organisms and biodegrade after use, eliminating the problem of ...

Culturing, a term for growing microorganisms in the laboratory, is a basic yet indispensable method in microbiology research.

Optimizing such processes requires making tiny adjustments to several variables, including the microbes’ food source and ...

The team also tested their enzyme in lab mice that had wounds infected by K. pneumoniae. Treating the wound with both the ...

The New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory in Albuquerque handles everything from E. coli to anthrax scares.

New research shows that metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) over seven years increased pathogen detection in ...

A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.