Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Using advanced DNA sequence analysis, a research team led by NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Assistant Professor Elizabeth ...

An unknown group of microbes is thriving in Earth's deep soil and they’re quietly helping to clean the water that becomes our ...

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

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

New research revealed the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrated that thousands of different chemicals derived from tropical corals and seaweeds are ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

But just how this bacteria extracted energy from glycoproteins was a mystery until recently. Research conducted by myself and ...

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

"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 ...