How do bacteria—harmless ones living in our bodies, or those that cause disease—organize their activities? A new study, ...

How do bacteria - harmless ones living in our bodies, or those that cause disease - organize their activities? A new study, combining powerful genomic-scale microscopy with a technical innovation, ...

Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations. Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve smaller and smaller ...

In short, while bacteria may not have “sex lives” in the way humans do, their frequent DNA exchanges play a crucial role in keeping their species distinct and thriving. This discovery opens up ...

Some bacteria abide against antibiotics not because they are good at hiding, but because their growth slows when nutrients ...