Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, ...

Fermenting miso on the ISS worked, showing microbes can thrive and create flavorful food even in space conditions. Miso is a ...

Scientists at Michigan State University have discovered a new group of microbes living deep underground that help purify ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

"Most people would think that these organisms are just like spores or dormant," James Tiedje said. "These microbes are active ...

Studies looking at A muciniphila’s interaction with the immune system in mice have revealed that it calms the immune system ...

Urbanization reshapes soil microbes in surprising ways—bacteria adapt and become alike, while fungi resist change.

SCIENCE students are often associated with burying their noses in notes and conducting textbook experiments in labs.

An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant. The new study shows that antibiotic resistance is more easily transmitted between ...

"Gut microbes can be analyzed from fecal samples, but they are an 'end product' that doesn't really tell us what happens earlier at different parts of our gastrointestinal tract. Animal models ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research have developed an innovative system – called MetaFlowTrain ...