bacteria

Researchers design patterns of fluorescent protein expression to deliver secret messages.

Hair-like extensions on microbes that remove uranium and other metals from contaminated groundwater could one day help clean up after radiation spills.

Researchers find antibiotic resistance genes in 30,000-year-old bacteria, suggesting such resistance is not a modern phenomenon.

The dung of the bamboo-loving bears contains bacteria that could be the next best thing for biofuels production.

The overuse of antibiotics could be threatening humans' microbiome—and Martin Blaser is on a mission to save it.

New testing technologies and improved communication among regulatory agencies are making strides in the fight against foodborne disease.

Researchers design a synthetic bacterium that kills the infectious microbe Pseudomonas aeruginosa, sacrificing itself in the process.

A researcher is repeating the controversial experiments that suggested a bacterium used arsenic rather than phosphorus in its DNA—with the world watching.

Researchers identify an antibody profile that may mark patients who suffer persistent symptoms of the tick-borne disease.

New types of biological filaments are turning up in yeast, fly, bacterial cells and in rat neurons, and they may yield clues to how the cytoskeleton evolved from metabolically active enzymes.

Protein interaction networks in Arabidopsis give clues to plant evolution and immunity.

For the first time, WHO warns against the use of a diagnostic method.

Fenugreek seeds are banned in Europe after authorities point the finger at them as a potential source of the deadly E. coli outbreak.

I the dark Arctic shallows one research finds heterotrophic marine bacteria doing a surprising amount of carbon fixing.

When European explorers and fishermen began to frequent Canada’s shores in the 16th century, they brought with them a plethora of tools and trinkets, including knives, axes, kettles, and blankets. 

Microbiologist Marvin Whiteley chats about teaming up with chemist and bioengineer Jason Shear in order to build tiny houses for bacteria.

Researchers discover that some bugs crave the buzz of caffeine.

The source of the deadly bacterial infections remains unknown.

This past Monday, the Endeavor space shuttle was launched into space carrying six astronauts, brand new equipment for studying the universe and... a bobtail squid and a pack of extremophile bacteria.