It is a tiny but extraordinary microorganism that thrives in toxic environments filled with heavy metals. While most life ...

In the quest to take the "forever" out of "forever chemicals," bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the ...

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is ...

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is ...

Bacterial lipoproteins are essential components of the cell envelope in gram-negative bacteria, playing critical roles in various cellular processes, including membrane biogenesis and interactions ...

In short, while bacteria may not have “sex lives” in the way humans do, their frequent DNA exchanges play a crucial role in ...

Yale researchers uncovered the molecular machinery behind nanowire assembly in microbes, enabling advances in electricity production, pollution mitigation, and methane reduction. Almost all living org ...

They challenge fundamental ideas about bacteria, raising questions such as ... doubt on whether the structures were truly an important part of the cells’ normal biology. Since then, however, ...

Some bacteria may treat the powerful toxins bathing ... researchers report December 4 in Current Biology. Some of those microbes even seem to dine on the potent alkaloids. Poison dart frogs ...