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

A recent study reveals that bacteria residing within colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems closely linked to disease ...

When scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen set out to study how traits pass from one generation to another, they expected to find answers in genes. Instead, they found them in ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as ...

Bacteria aren’t just mindless microbes. Research by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has revealed that single bacterial cells can carry a “memory” of their past environments—passing it ...

The vaginal microbiome, a complex ecosystem inhabited by diverse microbial communities, plays a pivotal role in maintaining reproductive health and protecting against infections. Recent advancements ...