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Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

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Researchers from the University of Maryland's Department of Nutrition and Food Science are shedding new light on how a ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

Two local high schoolers attending the OKStars Summer Research Program each discovered a presumptive new species of microbe.

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Australian microbe research is helping improve our understanding of the potential for life in extreme environments, offering ...

How Australian death cap mushroom trial unfolded - as Erin Patterson found guilty of murder After a nine-week trial, Erin Patterson has been found guilty of the murder of her parents-in-law and an ...