A probiotic paste prevented the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease, but the treatment is still a proof-of-concept, not a cure.

As climate change fuels the spread of plant diseases worldwide, a new nanoparticle smart spray could help crops defend ...

A technique developed by Politecnico di Milano researchers is enabling scientists to control specific bacterial functions ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands ...

Plenty of different types of viruses and bacteria are resistant to alcohol-based sanitizers. And they can make you very sick.

Researchers have discovered that plant-derived phytochemicals and their gut microbiome metabolites control the effectiveness ...

Both processes are mediated by syntrophic communities of bacteria and archaea. In methane formation, bacteria degrade organic compounds to form products that are substrates for the methanogenic ...

These can be shared among disparate bacteria in an environment that favours them, but can be absent in the 'same' bacterial species growing elsewhere. The methods of evolutionary ecology have been ...