In addition to their roles as disease vectors, bacteria and other microbes play an important part in modern science as essential tools for advancing biological research and synthetic biology. Methods ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Update: According to the Rock Island-Milan School District, all rooms at the high school have been cleared of microbial growth. District families have been notified that all ...

Your kitchen sponge may be dirtier than a toilet seat. Scientific studies reveal sponges are breeding grounds for billions of ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The team proposed a new approach to reveal ecological niches (positions within ecosystems) and evolutionary relationships in nature through large-scale growth analysis of bacteria in ...