A 540 million year-old microscopic protist sex mystery is solved
How tiny, shelled protists reproduce helps explain their strange evolutionary patterns
Meet Rebecca Lancefield, the revolutionary microbiologist whose work paved the way for antibiotics
The sage of Streptococcus wouldn't take "you don't belong here" for an answer
Meet the all-star cast of marine bacteria that can ruin your warm-weather activities
Each member of the Vibrio family is unique, but they're all likely getting more common as the oceans warm
The placental microbiome may not exist, but the scientific method is real
Researchers from Cambridge have found that run-of-the-mill sample contamination likely led to the discovery of a placental microbiome
Is your gut microbiome stealing your drugs?
New research identifies how our gut microbiomes interfere with the medications we take, and offers the possibility of medicine personalized to our gut bacteria.
New parasitic interaction discovered in Antarctic lakes
We still understand very little about life in Earth's most extreme environments
How a pair of rude gut germs perfectly summarize our war against superbugs
One overstays its welcome, and the other shows up unannounced to ruin the party
Knowing more about how sneeze droplets spray can help prevent disease
Big and small droplets have different physics and even different pathogenic potential
There's life in one of the hottest, saltiest, most acidic, most contaminated places on Earth
And the scientists who found it got pictures
What do we really know about the safety of probiotics?
Messing with our gut microbiome could hurt us
That refreshing ocean mist is full of microbes
And they're landing on your face
It looks like microbes can help clean up mining pollution
Experiments at an abandoned 4,000-year-old mine have researchers optimistic
Should you let your dog lick your face?
Dogs stick their noses in everything, but many people believe their saliva is beneficial
How gut bacteria manipulates your immune system – by mimicking it
Scientists are discovering how microbes 'speak' with the body
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Scientists are recruiting live bacteria to fight deadly infections
A study in rural India is raising hopes for a future without antibiotics
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HIV uses camouflage to hide from cell defenses
Viruses are fighting an evolutionary arms race in our DNA
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Beetles exploit bacteria labor to grow their exoskeletons
New research has revealed a "symbiotic organ" in weevils, showing how tiny organisms shape larger life
Scientists found an entire herpes virus genome hiding out in fish DNA
Researchers have made a bizarre discovery involving transposons, parasitic DNA found in fish (and humans)
Can the right microbes really solve all your health problems?
A microbiologist explains the latest gut science