New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

You might want to rethink your toilet doom scrolling, though, as your phone can be one of the worst breeding grounds for ...

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is ...

Bacteria detect cell wall fragments as danger signals and form protective biofilms, a survival strategy seen across species ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

In short, while bacteria may not have “sex lives” in the way humans do, their frequent DNA exchanges play a crucial role in ...

Scientists recreated the origins of one of life's most important partnerships, uncovering how symbiotic relationships can ...

Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations. Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve smaller and smaller features, and electron microscopy resolves small structures, but samples ...

With every bite of food we take, our intestinal immune system must make a big decision. Tasked with defending us from foreign ...

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

Scientists develop self-propelling nanoparticles that can physically pierce and eliminate drug-resistant bacteria in eye infections, showing success in initial animal studies.