The Covid-19 pandemic has tightened our social circles and narrowed the scope of our lives in ways no one imagined just a year ago.

A new model shows that the denizens of a vast, ancient biome beneath the seafloor use barely enough energy to stay alive — and broadens understandi

In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, D’Hondt and his colleagues describe the remarkable revival of a small population of microbe

Legume plants know their friends from their enemies, and now we know how they do it at the molecular level.

Vaginosis is a type of vaginal inflammation caused by the overgrowth of bacteria found naturally in a woman’s vagina.

Microbes in "starter cultures" impart a distinctive tang and longer shelf life to food like sourdough bread, yogurt and kimchi through th

The mammalian gut is home to trillions of microbes which are essential for a healthy immune system and good nutrition.

Microbes in "starter cultures" impart a distinctive tang and longer shelf life to food like sourdough bread, yogurt and kimchi through th

A new analysis published in IBIS examines whether bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms that are present in wild vultures cause disease in th

In ‘high containment’ laboratory facilities, scientists use precision equipment—and great care—to analyze pathogens like the coronavirus.

Researchers are reviving deep-sea microbes that have been dormant for millions of years, since the time of the dinosaurs.

Geomicrobiologist Steven D'Hondt tells Salon that the new study challenges our understanding of the "rules of life"

A prebiotic supplement that promotes good gut bacteria seems to protect against an Alzheimer’s-like disease in mice and will soon be tested in a cl

Microbes buried beneath the sea floor for more than 100 million years are still alive, a new study reveals.

A new study revealed that scientists were able to successfully revive microbes that have been dormant since the time of the dinosaurs.

Scientists have revived microbes found deep beneath the seafloor in 100-million-year-old sediment, dramatically expanding our view of where life ex

The discovery raises the “insane” possibility, as one of the scientists put it, that the microbes have been sitting in the sediment dormant, or at

For decades, scientists have gathered ancient sediment samples from below the seafloor to better understand past climates, plate tectonics and the

Microbial communities below the seafloor have survived and retained their metabolic potential for up to 101.5 million years, a new study finds.

In a study published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a research team led by Oregon State University oceanographer Dr.

Thurber noted that the microbes found near the Antarctic seep actually help keep methane out of the atmosphere by consuming the gas before it can r

Scientists have discovered an active methane seep from Antarctica's sea bed that could shed light on the potent greenhouse gas trapped beneath

A study says permafrost melt will accelerate a process called rhizosphere priming which was previously unaccounted for in calculating the effects o

The colour of Lonar lake water in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district turned pink due to a large presence of the salt-loving ‘Haloarchaea’ microbes, a