A groundbreaking study reveals how specific gut microbes may cause people to become intoxicated without drinking, opening ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

Every year, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) invites people to submit “agar art” - an image created by growing differently coloured microorganisms on a plate of agar. This year, they also ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego, Mass General Brigham, and their colleagues have identified specific gut ...

Using ribosome engineering (RE), researchers from Shinshu University introduced mutations affecting the protein synthesis ...

Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on biology, and can even affect the brain. Scientists have been learning more about ...

Bacteria are single-celled organisms, and while we know they can move around with filaments, the exact mechanisms behind how they do so has been unclear for many years. Researchers have now used ...

From flies landing on food to the retraction of the controversial arsenic-life paper, these tales of microscopic critters ...

A large study has revealed that dozens of widely used chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria. Many of these substances, ...

Compare the 2026 BSc Microbiology and BSc Biotechnology. To help you choose between a career in genetic engineering and ...