In the mudflats along the Oregon coast, researchers have identified a bacterial species with astonishing properties. Named ...

A research team has uncovered a previously unknown type of immune signaling molecule—a novel compound combining histidine and ...

These molecules simultaneously target the bacterial cell membrane and the bacteria's ability to produce proteins, enabling them to break through resistance. The team published its findings in Cell ...

Fusobacteria, which are part of the oral microbiome, are suspected of playing a role in cancer progression. Scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) are working on ...

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique ...

Scientists have identified a new species of bacteria in the mudflats of Oregon's Yaquina Bay that is capable of conducting ...

Researchers Cheng Li and Clare Reimers discovered a new species of cable bacteria in Yaquina Bay estuary sediment samples.

This is not sci-fi. Researchers have just found that some bacteria don’t breathe oxygen; they breathe electricity.