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 ...

Two people have died from a deadly soil-borne bacteria with authorities reporting higher-than-average rates in 2025 following ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...