For the first time, scientists have been able to pinpoint single bacteria in a colony and to predict which ones will be ...

Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it.

Metagenomics, a conventional approach to study genetic material of microorganisms, has been widely used to study the ...

Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for both the ...

Prokaryotes are single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles within the cell, and include all bacteria, while eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a true ...

The human microbiome plays a critical role in our health, influencing everything from disease development to treatment ...

In a deft experiment, biologists have recreated a system that could have birthed essential cell features such as mitochondria ...

An organism as a tenant in another - in biology, this often works quite well. ETH researchers have now shed light on how such ...

Researchers from Umeå University, Sweden, and Cornell University, USA, have discovered a widespread mechanism in bacteria that enhances the bacteria's defense against environmental threats.

Bacteria that cause diseases, so-called pathogens, develop various strategies to exploit human cells as hosts to their own advantage. Researchers have now uncovered the attack strategies employed by ...

Bacteria that cause diseases, so-called pathogens, develop various strategies to exploit human cells as hosts to their own ...

Researchers at the University of Liverpool and collaborators have arrived at a new understanding of bacterial photosynthesis.