An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

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Watch the hilarious battle between good & bad bacteria fighting for specific food cravings. A funny take on the gut microbiome! NATO scrambles fighter jets as Russian strikes kill "entire family" ...

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Two people are dead after they contracted a flesh-eating bacterium eating raw oysters in Louisiana, a state health official said. The deaths were due to Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that is ...

Following the drive to understand and control bacteria, it’s becoming clear that our methods have changed the very organisms we aim to understand, increasing resistance to tried-and-true antimicrobial ...

A first look into the molecular defenses of archaea highlights the importance of surveying diverse microbes to discover new types of antimicrobials As bacteria become increasingly resistant to ...

Franklin Nobrega receives funding from Royal Society and Wessex Medical Research. If bacteria had a list of things to fear, phages would be at the top. These viruses are built to find, infect and kill ...

Florida health officials reported that four people died and over a half dozen others were made sick this year by a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria. Vibrio vulnificus, which is found in saltwater, ...

Is “My microbes made me do it” a valid legal defense? A few years ago, a Belgian man in his 30s drove into a lamppost. Twice. Local authorities found that his blood alcohol level was four times the ...

Featured oral presentation at Digestive Disease Week 2025 demonstrates significant modulatory effects of palatable elemental diet on methanogens in managing the gut microbiome beyond just bacteria ...

Scanning electron micrograph of Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 861 (=PS T), Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 2375 (=ALI), Methanobrevibacter smithii GRAZ-2 and WWM1085. Credit: International Journal of ...