One of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet is closer than you think—right inside your mouth. Your mouth is a thriving ecosystem of more than 500 different species of bacteria living in ...

Bacteria in Your Mouth Reproduce in a Strange Way . Michelle Starr Science Alert September 5, 2024 Scott Chimileski, Marine Biological Laboratory The microbial ecosystem nesting in your mouth is ...

The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii splitting into multiple cells at once, a rare kind of cell division called multiple fission. C. matruchotii is one of the most common bacteria ...

For the first time, a scientific study has succeeded in using live microbes to produce medicine — by digesting and fermenting waste ...

What's more, while most bacteria reproduce by dividing into two identical cells, these long, filament-like creatures seem to reproduce by budding off one small piece at the tip that can then float ...

Jose Pietri, the O. Wayne Rollins/Orkin Endowed Chair in Urban Entomology in the Department of Entomology, is studying German cockroaches (Blattella germanica) to explore how salmonella colonize a ...

However, microbiologists have an advantage: Bacteria reproduce rapidly, which makes them a much easier subject for studying evolution. The Isthmus of Panama offers a natural experiment.

Unfortunately, bacteria reproduce rapidly and adapt new gene sequences easily, making them well equipped to evolve resistance to lifesaving medicines, especially when antibiotics are overused or ...

What's more, while most bacteria reproduce by dividing into two identical cells, these long, filament-like creatures seem to reproduce by budding off one small piece at the tip that can then float ...

The advent of antibiotics turned many once life-threatening diseases into mild illnesses. Unfortunately, bacteria reproduce rapidly and adapt new gene sequences easily, making them well equipped ...

ALs record heat boosts harmful bacteria like Vibrio and Legionella in lakes, pools and coastal waters. Stay cautious to avoid ...

Doctors have long been warned to go easy on antibiotics and sulfa drugs. When used with routine frequency, such germ killers may defeat their own purpose by leading to ever more resistant germs.