Much of the beauty—and challenge—of biology lies in its complexity. That's especially true in the microbial world, where ...

A bacterium that thrives in warm coastal waters propels itself with a whip-like tail wrapped in a protective sleeve, and for ...

The ability to precisely edit the genomes of bacteria has long been a goal of microbiologists. Such technology would enable ...

A major collaboration involving nine labs, led by scientists at Gladstone Institutes, has transferred a particularly useful ...

What is Vibrio? Vibrio is a type of bacteria that has been around for hundreds of millions of years; researchers have ...

Wait, aren't "clean" rooms supposed to be, well, "clean" of germs and other pesky microscopic particles? Maybe not: A new study reports 26 new bacterial species were found growing inside cleanrooms ...

A multi-lab team led by Gladstone Institutes has successfully adapted retron-based genome editing—previously limited to E. coli—for use in 14 additional bacterial species across three major branches ...

New research shows that forest connecting different types of habitats may help frogs fight a deadly amphibian fungus ...

Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can act as electric wiring, according to a new study. The bacteria, named Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, could usher in a "new era of bioelectronic ...

The body's immune reaction to increased levels of a toxic molecule, part of a bacterial species in the human gut, may reveal ...

Warming waters are pushing the dreaded flesh-eating bacteria up the Atlantic coast. Experts explain who's at risk and how ...