Mar 19, 2013 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists has discovered a surprisingly huge and active bacterial community living on the sea floor at the deepest site on Earth,...

Jan 18, 2013 by Natali Anderson

A team of British researchers has discovered that some bacteria are able to change the make-up of supporting cells within the nerve system, called Schwann...

Jan 11, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers from Sweden, Scotland and Australia suggests that human genome may play a role in determining the makeup of the billions of microbes...

Nov 21, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A team of biologists from Spain and the United States has discovered that fats within cells store a class of basic proteins, called histones, with potent...

Nov 16, 2012 by Natali Anderson

British scientists have identified a way in which Salmonella, the bacteria that cause typhoid fever and gastroenteritis, inactivate immune defenses in...

Sep 25, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientists at the University of Washington suggest that early microbes might have been widespread on land, producing oxygen and weathering pyrite, an iron...

Sep 24, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of microbiologists has discovered that some gut microbes increase the absorption of dietary fats, allowing the host organism to extract...

Jun 28, 2012 by News Staff

A team of European scientists working with Bartonella bacteria has identified a new mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis. Bartonella bacterium (Ceshencam) Bacteria...

Jun 13, 2012 by News Staff

A team of scientists has shown that brain levels of serotonin, the happy hormone, are regulated by the amount of bacteria in the gut during early life. E....

Jun 11, 2012 by News Staff

A new DNA analysis of rocky soils in the martian-like landscape on some volcanoes in South America has revealed a handful of bacteria, fungi, and other...

Jun 11, 2012 by News Staff

A new study by a team of biologists and geochemists from GEOMAR-Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, has demonstrated that Desulfobulbus...