In the waters off Iwo Jima, a volcanic island in Japan’s Satsuma archipelago, the sea has a distinct green tint. It’s not ...

Sulfur bacteria team up to break down substances in the seabed. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 8, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 / 250307144705.htm ...

A Bogalusa paper mill known for chronic odor problems has accepted a $500,000 fine from federal regulators over alleged monitoring breakdowns and elevated air releases of sulfur compounds that can ...

Immune cells in the skin ‘cauterize’ open wounds and create ‘band-aids’ to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria and foreign molecules from injury sites, finds a study 1 in mice.

If your discharge is green, it can indicate a sexually transmitted infection (STI) like trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia. It could also indicate a different kind of bacterial infection, pelvic ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for successfully encapsulating bacteria that can then be stored and applied to plants to improve plant growth and protect against pests and pathogens.

Cancer researchers in China who have been experimenting with bacteria may have cracked the deadliest puzzle hindering treatment of the disease: how to eliminate cancers while evading human immune ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. New research suggests that bacterial vaginosis, a ...

Sulfate-reducing bacteria break down a large proportion of the organic carbon in oxygen-free zones of the Earth, and in the seabed in particular. Among these important microbes, the Desulfobacteraceae ...

[James Omoro, Standard]. A team of researchers studying algal blooms in Lake Victoria has revealed the cause of the lake’s recurring green waters, attributing the phenomenon to extensive ...

To reach their final destinations, outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of gram-negative bacteria undertake an eventful journey beginning in the cytosol. Multiple molecular machines, chaperones, proteases, ...

The hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila hosts a single 16S rRNA phylotype of intracellular sulfur-oxidizing symbionts ... Proteins involved in the bacterial cell cycle and in DNA topology, ...