Researchers use genetic manipulation to obtain new mechanistic insights into the epibiotic life cycle. Microbial dark matter is the genetic material identified in large-scale metagenomics studies that ...

Bacterial spores – the hardy survival structures formed by certain bacterial species – are proving to be a game changer in ...

Caulobacter crescentus provides a robust model for exploring the complexities of bacterial cell cycle regulation. Its unique life cycle, typified by an asymmetric division that produces distinct ...

The cucumbers in the photo appear to have bacterial wilt, which is caused by the bacterium Erwinia tracheiphila. The leaves of infected plants first appear a dull green, then wilt during the day and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line up around a thousand of them to match the thickness of a human thumbnail.

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A world of microbes resides within the gut of every human being. This vast microbial community, the microbiome, which ...

Scientists have been left baffled after finding 'impossible' life thriving at the north pole. The tiny microorganisms, invisible to the naked eye, live just beneath the frozen surface of the central ...