Countless bacterial species share cramped environments where competition for space and resources is fierce. Some rely on a ...

In one of the most tightly controlled environments on Earth, a rare bacterium has learned to disappear in plain sight. By ...

Bacteria rarely feel impressive in everyday life, but when you zoom in, all the way in, they dominate Earth in ways that are ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

Hospitals around the world are bracing for a future where common infections no longer respond to standard drugs. Among the ...

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Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals.

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WASHINGTON — Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. The thin ...

The largest freshwater bacterium, Achromatium oxaliferum, is highly flexible in its requirements, as researchers have now discovered: It lives in places that differ extremely in environmental ...