Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have uncovered unexpected traces of bacteria within brain ...

Probiotic species used in humans for many years are also candidates, including Escherichia coli Nissle, Lactobacillus and ...

We are closely connected to our microbiome, and scientists are beginning to learn more about the physiological impact of various bacterial species, and what a healthy or unhealthy microbiome might ...

Scientists in Seoul have uncovered 15 gut bacterial species linked to coronary artery disease, showing that microbes can ...

Edward A. Birge. Springer Verlag, New York. 2000. Pp. 559. Price £44.50, hardback. ISBN 0 387 98730 4. This is very much a pre-genomic, ‘E. coli-centric’ treatise on prokaryotic genetics with a ...

A toxin produced by bacteria as a defence mechanism causes mutations in target bacteria that could help them survive, according to a study published today in eLife. The finding suggests that ...

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how some plants survive without nitrogen. Their work could eventually reduce ...

Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in advancing our understanding of how bacteria move and perform genetic exchange -- that could potentially lead to the development of new antimicrobial ...

Microbes are engaged in a never-ending battle, and they have ways of attacking each other as well as defense mechanisms. Viruses that infect bacteria are called bacteriophages, and it's generally ...