April 20 (UPI) --The addition of cable bacteria to soil can reduce the methane emissions of rice cultivation by as much as 90 percent, according to a new study. The research, published Monday in the ...

In order to study bacteria, it has to be grown in the lab. That’s no problem for many common strains of bacteria that are found in our typical environment, or in our bodies. But the world is full of ...

Lactic acid bacteria are critical to the dairy, food processing, and nutrition industries. Used as probiotics, flavor compounds, and starter cultures for fermented foods such as yogurt, the bacteria ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. The soil fungus Morchella crassipes, also known as thick-footed morel, is a ...

Bacteria isolated from the roots of a corn plant and endowed with an unwavering ability to break the bonds between two nitrogen atoms could help minimize the use of fertilizer in farming, according to ...

Significant progress in microbiome characterization has revealed that microbial communities—whether buried under the ocean floor or nestled within our intestines—are even more biologically complex and ...

The rice fields account for five percent of global emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, which is 25 times stronger than CO2. Researchers have found that cable bacteria could be an important part ...

Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or ...