Vanderbilt researchers are reimagining Charles Darwin’s work by communicating how the origin of species might depend largely on the microbiome—the totality of bacteria, viruses, fungi…
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By providing new insight into how Naegleria divides, an international team of researchers, led by UMass Amherst, adds to fundamental knowledge of life. An international…
Temperature variation affects pathogens and their hosts in distinct ways, and these organisms are influenced by the type of variation and the average background temperature…
The spectacular structure of the protective armor of superbug C. difficile has been revealed for the first time showing the close-knit yet flexible outer layer…
Researchers have discovered that a sponge’s structure mimics that of soil to produce an environment more hospitable to microbial diversity than most laboratory equipment. Environmental…
Legionella bacteria illustration. Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered that the ancestors of legionella bacteria infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years ago.…
Representation of the M. villous archaellum highlighting the two alternating subunits in blue and orange (foreground) and swimming M. villosus cells (background). Credit: University of…
Illustration of bacteria in the human gut. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, NIH Essential nutrient passes between cells…
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an organism responsible for thousands of deaths. University of South Australia scientists have made a surprising discovery in the origins of an antibiotic-resistant…
The dense sponge grounds discovered on the northerly Langseth Ridge seamount structure represent an astonishingly rich ecosystem, demonstrating the ability of sponges and associated microorganisms…
Sediment samples from the deep, hot subseafloor biosphere were collected during the IODP 370 expedition onboard the Japanese scientific drilling ship. Credit: JAMSTEC Since the…
Scientists showed that the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa communicate using chemical signals analogous to radio signals in order to help cells join together and form communities.…
Some bacterial “miners” that process soil nutrients are more efficient than others. Here, a top processor, Bradyrhizobium, consolidates its control of carbon from a glucose…
Scientists have succeeded in cultivating an archaeon that converts oil into methane. They describe how the microbe achieves the transformation and that it prefers to…
Volcanos in present-day Siberia kickstarted the world’s biggest mass extinction event. Tiny microbes belching toxic gas helped cause — and prolong — the biggest mass…
Two new methods allow CRISPR editing of genes in multiple cell types simultaneously. To date, CRISPR enzymes have been used to edit the genomes of…
Protein region on COVID’s viral spike senses temperature, drives seasonal mutation patterns. Not to pile on, but winter is coming and the COVID-19First identified in…
Chemical engineers have created a coating for microbes that could make it easier to deploy them to treat gastrointestinal disease. Credits: Felice Frankel Chemical engineers…
Antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Previous to…
Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, is a highly contagious pathogen acquired in hospital settings. Biologist Joseph Sorg is leading a team to analyze C. difficile,…