“Mirror bacteria” made in a lab could endanger all life on earth, an international group of leading scientists have warned in a new report. All building-block molecules of life like DNA, proteins and ...

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua Modell of ...

A resilient gut microbe, Bacillus subtilis, has survived the extreme conditions of space launch and reentry - great news for ...

Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out. A ...

University of Basel (Switzerland) and University Hospital Basel researchers discovered 35 unknown bacterial pathogens in blood or tissue samples, including seven that caused clinical infections. The ...

New laboratory experiments show that a bacterium that lives on grape plants can break down guaiacol—an unpleasant-tasting ...

A dangerous drug-resistant bacteria called NDM-CRE is spreading rapidly across the U.S., resisting most antibiotics and ...

Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in England declined in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period in ...

All building-block molecules of life like DNA, proteins and carbohydrates have a unique structural property that still perplexes scientists. They have what is called structural asymmetry, or chirality ...