Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-celled organisms travel the globe high in the atmosphere. Scientists are ...

Hand sanitizers have become a daily habit, and are they really as effective against viruses and bacteria as we think? A ...

Bacterial and fungal spores float out in the stratosphere, yet they are capable of falling back to Earth where they can ...

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they ...

The molecules that form the foundation of life on Earth are as diverse as they are complex. Among these, carbohydrates play a ...

Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at Uppsala University have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella bacteria infect the human gut. The study opens the door to using cultured ...

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester treats Clostridioides difficile infection by neutralizing Clostridioides difficile toxin B and altering the gut microbiota and metabolites.

Microbial successions in the three proglacial systems showed early soil stages enriched with autotrophic, spore-forming, and recalcitrant compound degraders showing a community influenced by the ...