Microbes

Surface Decontamination in a Biosafety Cabinet

Effective decontamination before and after using a biosafety cabinet helps to ensure a safe and clean environment for handling biological materials.

New method helps microbes withstand industrial processing, aiding the use of microorganisms in medicine and agriculture

Researchers use AI to trawl "microbial dark matter"

Scientists have mined Streptomyces for antibiotics for decades, but the newly identified umbrella toxin escaped notice

Cutting-edge analysis of individual ice grains unveils potential for detecting microbial encasement within ice plumes

Study identifies two new hardy bacteria from high-altitude lakes in Chile—an environment similar to early Mars

Researchers shed light on archaea, a single-cell microorganism, and the molecular mechanisms behind cell shape formation

Researchers discover new "universal decomposers," a network of common microbes responsible for cadaver decomposition

Identification of the network of microbes responsible for animal decomposition will allow for more precise postmortems

Segmented filamentous bacteria, a bacterial species found in the intestines, protected mice against influenza infection

Microfossils discovered by University of Leicester scientist date back half a billion years