In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella ...

Space-based experiments show that microgravity-induced mutations in bacteriophages may improve their ability to target ...

Gut microbes engineered to dim their fluorescence under stress offered a real-time, noninvasive biosensor to track gut health in mice.

Scientists create powerful metallic antibiotics using robotic chemistry, capable of eliminating lethal bacteria without ...

In A Nutshell Living detectors: Researchers modified E. coli bacteria to light up when they sense acetic acid, the chemical ...

Tiny plastic particles may be quietly reshaping microbial life in drinking water systems. Nanoplastics already raise fears because people can ingest them directly. Now scientists say these tiny partic ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

University of British Columbia researchers have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of ...

You might want to check in your laundry room to see whether you have one of the recalled stain removers in your cupboard.

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...