microorganisms

The first evidence of biologically produced elemental carbon inspires more questions than answers.  

How the pungent odor that occurs after a light rain became a well-studied phenomenon

Microscopic creatures called epibionts that live on sea turtles’ shells can help researchers understand their secretive lives.

Normal hair growth can lead to infection during cancer treatment.

View the top three winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion Competition.

In CRISPRed fruit flies that lack certain antimicrobial peptides, bacterial infections flourish, as revealed by fluorescent markers.

We should take comfort in the fact that life on Earth had such unassuming, shared beginnings.

Scientists work out the specific genes and biochemical steps required for digesting the very drugs designed to kill microbes.

A molecule produced by a strain of Staphylococcus epidermis interferes with DNA synthesis.

Scientists are beginning to unravel the ways in which we develop a healthy relationship with the bugs in our bodies.

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researcher’s work will help predict how the Arctic is responding to climate change—and the global effects of those changes.

Brazilian researchers report a relatively large diversity of fungi in marine ecosystems surrounding Antarctica, but warn that climate change could bring unpleasant surprises.

The once fringe idea is gaining traction among the scientific community.

At Harvard University the chemical biologist looks for new metabolic pathways to investigate how gut bacteria interact with one another and their hosts.

The discovery of peptides, enzymes, and other gene products that confer antibiotic resistance could give clues to how it develops.

Researchers engineer bacteria that deliver an anti-tumor toxin in mice before self-destructing. 

Bathyarchaeota undergo acetogenesis, generating organic carbon below the seafloor.