“Not brushing your teeth regularly can lead to serious long-term risks. Gingivitis, the early stage of gum disease, can ...

According to microbiologist Susanne Erdmann, RNA can morph into different forms, acting as an enzyme, latching onto DNA, and ...

Oct. 3, 2024 — Scientists were recently surprised to find that the natural community of zooplankton -- tiny, aquatic animals known to graze on bacteria -- present in freshwater and saltwater do ...

Among the more than 500 species of bacteria that thrive in the human mouth, one seems to play by its own rules. This video shows one Corynebacterium matruchotii bacterium dividing into many ...

Oct. 8, 2024 — Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co ...

While they may not "look" their age, bacteria feel the passage of time too. Bacteria differ from us in many ways, including in their modes of growth and reproduction. Unlike humans and other ...

Lactate will be familiar to many due to a common belief that it causes muscle "burn" following exercise—but this is a myth.

Researchers from the Department of Child Rehabilitation, China, have found significant differences in the gut microbiota of ...

In recent years, overexplorations of ore and the growth of industries are the prime factors in the release of heavy metals in environments. As a result, the ...

Marino Moretti and Giovanna Cristina Varese explain how safeguarding microbial biodiversity is extremely paramount for the ...

Photo of the flooding in Punta Gorda on OCTOBER 10 2024 in the wate of Hurricane Milton with an inset of Vibrio bacteria. The storm made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in the Siesta ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Valencia: As Spanish microbiologist Pilar Bosch was casting around for a subject to investigate for her PhD in 2008, she stumbled ...