The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

While some microbes can cause diseases, many play essential roles in processes such as growing food and the production of ...

The good news is biosolutions can help. Biosolutions – biological technologies that use enzymes, microbes and functional ...

Scientists have discovered a remarkable new form of symbiosis — a bacterium that lives inside a single-celled organism (a ...

Since then, several studies have shown that early-life factors, including the birth mode, antibiotics, nutrition, infection, ...

A team of microbiologists, chemists and pharmaceutical specialists at Shandong University, Guangzhou Medical University, ...

APOLLO, the biggest digital microbe library, helps scientists study bacteria's role in health. It connects gut microbes to ...

Researchers have discovered that naturally occurring gut microbes produce indoles—compounds that play a key role in ...

A UK start-up is producing dyes made by bacteria and yeast rather than fossil fuel-derived chemicals, which could help ...

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Researchers have created the largest collection of digital microbes -- nearly a quarter million computer models -- to help revolutionize our understanding of the human microbiome and its impact on ...

Anxiety and depression are mood-related behaviours, that make people feel low. Foods high in probiotics mitigate the ...