Learn how chemicals released by gut microbes end up in exhaled breath, and how researchers used those signals to identify ...

Scientists have discovered the DNA of ancient microbes inside of the remains of woolly and steppe mammoths. This microbial DNA, which may be one million years old or more, may be among the oldest DNA ...

Scientists have uncovered the cause of auto-brewery syndrome. Certain gut bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia ...

Human breast milk contains its own microbial ecosystem, and new research suggests these microbes may help seed an infant’s gut. Most discussions of breast milk highlight nutrients, antibodies, and the ...

In this interview, News Medical speaks with Rhea Stringer, Electron Microscopist at the John Innes Centre, about the role of electron microscopy in biological imaging. Rhea discusses how advanced ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

Microbial Ecology, Vol. 74, No. 1 (July 2017), pp. 89-105 (17 pages) Semi-arid and arid areas occupy about 33% of terrestrial ecosystems. However, little information is available about microbial ...

Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...

An office staple could be harboring a gross secret. Many may turn down tap water, but new research shows it could be the ...