Genexis engineers microbes and uses precision fermentation to produce AOF growth factors, serum proteins and special-purpose laboratory culture media ...

Janina Krumbeck, PhD, discusses the clinical advantages of next-generation sequencing over traditional culture and how this untargeted diagnostic approach provides comprehensive pathogen ...

Three studies highlight ways to improve outcomes for vexing problem ...

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

An MIT study suggests the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide could be toxic to certain microbes at the plant root, perhaps influencing plant health.

How to fight toxic colibactin — the gut bacteria linked to colorectal cancer - California researchers have identified a possible link between toxin in the gut and increase in cancer cases in people un ...

What started off as a pool party on the Strip (practically a right of passage for anyone who visits) turned into a weeks-long medical nightmare.

I’ve gone to work on an oyster farm on Block Island, a tiny dot of land midway between Long Island and Rhode Island, every ...

You’ve seen the jars. You’ve smelled the toasted crust. It feels like every woman I know has suddenly adopted a bubbling jar of flour and water like it’s a low-maintenance pet. Honestly, I thought it ...

New tick-borne bacteria discovered in dogs in the US, Rickettsia finnyi, is very similar to canine spotted fever.

"He had a terrible end to his life, a terrible death filled with fear and anxiety and pain. And we feel that this was so preventable." ...