Researchers say they have discovered bacteria that breathe electricity instead of oxygen, spurring new ideas for renewable ...

The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers at UZH have now shown ...

INRAE scientists have identified seven bacteria involved in the microbiota barrier effect, which prevents pathogenic bacteria ...

Project title: “Evolution of Polar Cell Wall Growth Across Bacterial Clades” What’s the idea?

Western Sydney University researchers have discovered that drought-affected wheat plants are able to call on eco-friendly ...

The process is called extracellular respiration, which mimics how batteries discharge electric current -- allowing bacteria to thrive without oxygen.

Nano-lastics Little plastic bits smaller than a speck of dust abound in our food, water, even our bodies. Scientists are now, ...

In the field of bacteriology, the rapid rise of drug-resistant bacterial infections and the lack of effective antimicrobial ...

The presence of so-called clue cells – vaginal epithelial cells with such a heavy coating of bacteria that the peripheral borders are obscured – on saline wet mount; A fishy or amine odor ...

Although most of our DNA is in the nucleus of each cell, mitochondria have their own set of DNA. Interestingly, mtDNA is more similar to bacterial DNA. The mtDNA holds the instructions for several ...

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