The more than 100 bacterial species of the genus Vibrio are important in marine ecosystems because they contribute to the ...

Biofilms—slimy communities of bacteria—grow on all sorts of surfaces: from glaciers and hot springs to plant roots, your bathtub and fridge, wounds, and medical devices such as catheters. Most ...

New research challenges old ideas about how species form. When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many microbes—like plants and animals—are organized into species, he upended a long-held scientific ...

The poles, or ends, of rod-shaped bacteria have been imaged at molecular resolution for the first time in a new study led by ...

Gut bacteria can acquire genes from neighboring microbes, adding to the genetic differences linked to how people live.

Microbiological and genomic surveillance in a Central Italy swine slaughterhouse revealed that antimicrobial resistant ...

Where did the bacteria living in our guts come from? A study published in Nature in October 2026 used genetic analysis to ...

The team analyzed genetic material from microbes in a one-of-a-kind archive of water samples collected over 20 years from Lake Mendota in Wisconsin. Photo credit: Robin Rohwer/University of Texas at ...

Scientists have identified a novel species of bacteria that acts as electrical wiring, potentially ushering in a new era of bioelectronic devices for use in medicine, industry, food safety, and ...

And yet two people can follow nearly identical training programs and see completely different results—one building strength ...

An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has alarmed state biologists as the tick continues to increase its ...