Microbiology

Microbiology

Each year, several trillion pounds of microscopic silicon-based skeletons fall down the water column to pile up into siliceous ooze.
Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores — and now virivores.
biotech trends
From synthetic biology to xenotransplantation, biotech will continue to march forward in 2023, in part powered by data and AI.
Passing chunks of ice can fertilize ocean waters and play a role in the planet’s carbon cycle.
Dead whales inspire a way to find extraterrestrial life on Mars.
The prescription poop can correct life-threatening bacterial imbalances in the gut.
leprosy liver
Mycobacterium leprae, the bacteria that cause leprosy, have the surprising ability to grow and reverse aging in armadillo livers.
klebsiella
It weakens the bacteria so that the immune system can destroy it.
Antibodies can start forming in intestines over 10 years before symptoms arise.
mars life
Organic molecules can be produced by living or non-living systems. But the recent findings are very intriguing.
biomass
Since our arrival, humans have driven a seven-fold drop in the mass of wild land mammals.
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
COVID nasal spray
It’s simple to make, easy to use, and should work against any variant.
A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat.
mosquitoes
The good news is that it can be countered with acne medication.
mites
More than 90% of human faces are home to mites that live in our skin pores. These friendly guests might be merging with us.
hydrogen fuel
A "bio-battery" made from genetically engineered bacteria could store excess renewable energy and release it as needed.
plastic-eating bacteria
Scientists have discovered enzymes from several plastic-eating bacteria. So, why are our oceans still full of plastic pollution?
life on mars
Researchers have discovered 830-million-year-old microbes living inside a salt rock on Earth. Could the same occur on Mars?
What you need to know about this smallpox cousin.
meteors impact early Earth
Probably not. Even though we're still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.
Standard probiotics cannot compare to the diversity that your microbes have.
cancer bacteria
Intracellular bacteria promote cancer metastasis by enhancing the tumor cells' resistance to mechanical stress in the bloodstream
spillback
COVID-19 and other microbes have shed light on disease spillover from animals to humans, but we can also spillback disease to wildlife.