Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, ...

Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

Contamination is one of the main roadblocks to successful cell culture. This article explores the different types of ...

The goal is to make phages that are better at killing bacteria so that we can have a range of phage therapy applications." ...

MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.

Inspired by sea sponges, researchers created living micro-lenses from bacteria that may improve medical and industrial ...

Reports, Čačković et al., “Selective heterotopic bacteria can selfishly process polysaccharides in freshwater lakes.” (25)00186-X ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, show that the emergence of ...