Computer simulations highlight how bacteria slow their growth to avoid overcrowding, a behavior that may inform pathogen ...

Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for cells ...

The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we ...

An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium ...

Over time, technological advances made it easier to study the microbiota, and in 1977, the famous ratio of one human cell for ...

The abundant and varied microbial communities within the human gastrointestinal tract play a crucial role in influencing both ...

Newly developed halide perovskite nanocrystals (HPNCs) show potential as antimicrobial agents that are stable, effective and ...

Bacteria modify their ribosomes when exposed to widely used antibiotics, according to research in Nature Communications. The ...

Three compounds isolated from tuberculosis’s fungal foes killed cultured cells of the bacterium that causes the disease in ...

Unlike typical bacterial conjugation systems that are activated upon bacterial contact with solid surfaces, the pLS20 plasmid ...

Dr Miriam Stoppard on the news that a white blood cell, involved in battling infections, could cause type 1 diabetes, but ...

Plant-based lactic acid bacteria are a type of beneficial lactic acid bacteria naturally found in the leaves, stems, and roots of plants. They are part of the plant's microbial community (microbiome) ...