Bacteria are known for their microscopic sizes and now scientists have discovered one the size and shape of a human eyelash

Measuring around a centimeter long, they are roughly the size and shape of a human eyelash, batting away the competition at 5,000 times the size of

Scientists have identified a macroscopic species of bacterium in the waters of a Caribbean mangrove swamp, changing the size of how big bacteria we

Thiomargarita magnifica, has an average cell length greater than 9,000 micrometers and is visible to the naked eye.

A bacterium that has now been classified as the largest in the world ever discovered, however, needs no special tools to be visible to the naked ey

On sunken leaves in the waters of a Caribbean mangrove swamp, researchers discovered a bacterium that challenges the prevailing view of bacterial c

Scientists have discovered a bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove that was so large, it was not immediately recognized as a bacterium.

The bacterium, stretching to about half an inch in length, is roughly 5,000 times larger than most bacteria, scientists say.

Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big i

Olivier Gros, a co-author and biologist at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, found the first example of this bacterium — named T

Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.

On average, Thiomargarita magnifica measures 1 centimeter long and maxes out at 2 centimeters. It is 50 times larger than other giant bacteria.

THE UK could be facing another crisis as typhoid, the ancient illness which has been around for over a thousand years, is building up a resistance

As resistance grows, there is an urgent need for the development of new strategies to treat and diagnose infection.

Syriac inscriptions on ancient tombstones in cemeteries in modern-day Kyrgyzstan hinted to a trading community devastated by the plague, leading to

Researchers have identified how the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, says a study publis

While exploring the vast oceanscapes of Subnautica, you might have encountered a weird infection that spreads and eventually kills any creature it

The "Bacillus Coagulans Market, by Application and by Region - Size, Share, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis, 2022 - 2028" report has be

For billions of years after the origin of life, the only living things on Earth were tiny, primitive cells resembling today’s bacteria.

Kyrgyzstan made headlines this week following the publication of new research about the origins of the Black Death. Officials are not amused.

Although E.

In a recent study published in the Nature journal, researchers illustrated that the Black Death pandemic caused by Yersinia pestis originated in ce

The deadly disease spread across Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa claiming up to 60 percent of the population.

Anew study by the Translational Synthetic Biology research group at UPF presents a new approach to eliminating specific strains of a bacterium rela