Caltech researchers have reintroduced a classic technique to image the formation and growth of individual cells that make up biofilms, sticky masses of millions of cells that are often responsible for ...

A quick, purification-free method was developed by researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo, to capture the detailed 3D ...

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements ...

Ancient viral DNA in bacteria helps block new infections, offering a potential path to fight antibiotic resistance.

These tests revealed that two molecules, including premethylenomycin C lactone, were much more effective than methylenomycin ...

The microbiome-the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body-plays a crucial role in shaping ...

Scientists have already created designer viruses in a lab that can kill dangerous bacteria. The next step is designing and ...

Researchers used paths of artificial sugar to study how bacteria sense their environment while forming communities. Red and ...