This feature explores the capabilities of these brilliant bacteria and how researchers unraveled one of nature's oldest mysteries. Cyanobacteria are an ancient group of microorganisms with fossils ...

Understanding how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen has taken centuries, and now we know that the secret lies with ancient bacteria. In 1676, a Dutchman called Anton Leeuwenhoek was ...

mutans), an oral bacteria that causes cavities. The bacteria is rare in the ancient genomic record, likely because it does not preserve well due to its acid-producing nature that causes decay and ...

Melting glaciers caused by global warming release largely unknown bacteria and viruses into the environment. These microorganisms could help to tack ...

And microbes have also been tamed: a UNIL study, published in the journal "Nature Communications", shows that bacteria used to produce Gruyère, Emmental and Sbrinz show signs of ancient domestication.

Yale researchers uncovered the molecular machinery behind nanowire assembly in microbes, enabling advances in electricity ...