Bacteria

Science & Nature This pathogenic bacteria can catch rides on yeast puddles to help it spread. The post Watch bacteria ‘hitchhike’ and zoom around appeared...

Science & Nature To prevent their detection, bacteria inhibit plant enzymes with a small molecule...Read MoreGeorgianna Pingree

Science & Nature Scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a strain of bacteria that can...

A nutrition scientist who has spent his career studying breast milk has demonstrated how beneficial microbes in the gut of infants use nitrogen from human milk to support pediatric nutrition and development...

UC Riverside researchers have identified tiny organisms that not only survive but thrive during the first year after a wildfire. The findings could help bring land back to life after fires that are increasing in both size and severity. Certain fungi thrive in a post-fire environment. (Sydney Glassman/UCR) The Holy Fire burned more than 23,000

A beefsteak fungus growing in a forest. Deposit PhotosThe remains of wildfires offer up a huge buffet of nutrients for certain microbes. The post Bacteria...

MainRespiratory diseases are among the top ten causes of death worldwide. Efforts to develop new therapeutics against respiratory tract infections are growing, especially given the mounting concern about antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the paucity of new antibiotics1. Moreover, antibiotic therapies eliminate beneficial lung microbes and can lead to the persistence of pathogenic, resistant strains2. Approximately 65–80%