Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

"The gut microbes we are using now are a mix from healthy donors' fecal samples to ensure a variety of bacteria, but they can ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...

This work has also created a kind of "treasure map" that investigators can use to fill in the gaps in our knowledge. | ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

A team of scientists have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn them into acetic acid ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for ...

Scientists were shocked to discover that microplastics don’t just pollute the environment, they may also be fueling the rise ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive ...