Apparently we owe our very existence here on earth to the unicellular prokaryotic eubacteria (cells with no membrane enclosed nucleus and no organelles). Eubacteria in the form of blue green algae ...

Cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a recently discovered bacterial second messenger implicated in the control of cell wall metabolism, osmotic stress responses and sporulation ...

A man recently contracted a flesh-eating infection after a relative bit his leg. His doctor told Insider why human mouths are so dangerous.

CRISPR and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins, which function as adaptive immune systems in eubacteria and archaea, have been repurposed for targeted genome editing in human and other cells and ...