Microbes are at the forefront of sustainability, enhancing agriculture and biotechnology through innovative solutions like ...

“If bacteria survive in a harsh, polluted environment, it’s probably because they have adapted to use surrounding chemical ...

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

Complex organisms, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, can shape massive ecosystems and influence the fate of ...

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

By Carolyn Beans for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Wisconsin News Connection reporting for the Pulitzer Center-Public News Service ...

Researchers from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, reveal how ...

For the study, the researchers analyzed a family of microbes in the Peruvian Amazon peatlands called Bathyarchaeia, which are mostly found in hot springs and often influence the planet’s ...

A new study has accounted for these byproducts, however, and has found bacteria that can not only break the bonds of forever chemicals, but can also deal with the downstream molecules that are created ...