Improved understanding of how bacterial defense mechanisms operate may help scientists select phages with the best chance of ...

What is the gut microbiome? Learn more about why it's crucial for our health and wellness.

When studying microbiomes, researchers tend to focus more strongly on microbial composition – the relative proportion of different species of microbes (usually bacteria and archaea, but also ...

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ultrasmall bacterial strain parasitizing archaea and classified the ...

Subsurface samples of bacteria and archaea (many of which could only be reached via mines or boreholes) came from rocks, aquifers, and deep sediments found in deserts, springs, the bottom of the ...

The hydrogels created with insights from machine learning achieved a new level of performance in terms of strength, instant adhesion, and repeatability.

Bacteria break down sugars into fatty acids, which provide energy for the cow, and two byproducts: hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Archaea gobble up H2 and CO2 and combine them into methane, or CH4.

Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, far beyond the reach of sunlight, life finds a surprising source of energy. A new study ...