They’re far from the meal of choice for any bacterium, but some that live in contaminated soil have mutated to break down organic contaminants like PFAS so that they can use their carbon as an energy ...

While some microbes can cause diseases, many play essential roles in processes such as growing food and the production of oxygen.

Scientists in Shanghai have unraveled how plants distinguish between beneficial and harmful microbes in soil at the molecular level, a discovery that could significantly impact green agriculture ...

A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has identified new microscopic players in the global carbon cycle, a discovery ...

"Through evolution, some bacteria can develop effective mechanisms to use chemical contaminants to help them grow." The bacterial strain used in this study, F11, was isolated from the soil of a ...

Soil and water tests confirm workers in Ventura County raspberry fields were infected by the rare disease leptospirosis.

"Conducting research through the SEA-PHAGES program was the first time in my academic career where I felt what I learned in ...