The microbial ecosystem nesting in your mouth is giving scientists a rare tool to learn about how bacteria multiply. One of the most common bacteria living in your dental plaque, a filamentous ...

Researchers have discovered a 'clockwork' mechanism that controls cell division in bacteria. They report how a small signaling molecule starts the 'clock', which informs the cell about the right time ...

“It’s really exciting,” said microbiologist Steven Sinkins of the University of Glasgow, U.K., who was not involved in the work. “For Wolbachia researchers this has been the big unanswered ...

Understanding the differences between bacteria and viruses is crucial for recognizing how these microorganisms impact our ...

What's the News: Some bacteria can live in extreme "hypergravity," found a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, surviving and reproducing in forces 400,000 times ...

Bacteria are able to develop resistance to antibiotics in a number of ways. They can exploit existing defense systems to react to new antibiotics, but they also regularly take advantage of genetic ...

Infected tissue has a low concentration of oxygen. The body's standard immune mechanisms, which rely on oxygen, can then only function to a limited extent. How does the immune system nevertheless ...