Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

Bacteria have mostly been portrayed as villains that make us sick, but the Human Microbiome Project showed that we share our ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to potential CO₂ removal from exhaust emissions. Animals, plants, and many other livi ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

Bigelow Laboratory scientists have advanced an exciting method for linking the activity of individual microbes to their ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

Postbiotics, derived from beneficial microbes, improve gut health by enhancing barrier function and immune responses, ...

Scientists in South Korea have engineered tiny bacterial cells that are churning out plastic. The plastics produced by the modified Escherichia coli ( E. coli) bacteria are known as polyester amides ...