bacteria

by Sanjana Kulkarnifigures by Corena Loeb The bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) has been infecting humans for thousands of years. Today, TB, which is thought to have originated in Africa and evolved alongside human hosts, is found across the…

by Molly Sargen Antibiotics are drugs that kill or inhibit the growth of microbes, including bacteria and fungi. These drugs work by blocking essential processes like protein production, DNA replication, and cell division. After Alexander Fleming’s…

by Sophia Swartzfigures by Jasmin Joseph-Chazan If you put all of the living things on Earth in a box–from humans to anteaters to teeny-tiny tardigrades–and then plucked one of these organisms out at random, it is very, very likely that you just found…

by Edward Chenfigures by Jovana Andrejevic On a sunny, nondescript Hawaiian day, a Vibrio fischeri bacterium arises the same as on most other nondescript days: homeless. It hurries along on a ride to work. No, not by car. Not onboard a trolley either.…

How do #bacteria move? New #CryoEM study reveals small details of the flagellum—a massive motor #protein that drives bacterial movement.

A recent study discovered extraordinary cooperation between bacteriophages, bacteria, and fungi in a water droplet.

What's in that sourdough starter? New research sheds light on the mysterious microbes that influence our bread.

Organisms throughout nature have an internal biological clock within them known as the circadian rhythm. It turns out that bacteria have them too.

Using electrical inputs and CRISPR biology, researchers have programmed bacteria to encode binary data.

As the Arctic gets hotter, its landscape releases more greenhouse gases. According to a new study, the warming Arctic soil's bacteria may diversify and emit even more greenhouse gas than scientists have thought.