The new system streamlines the process of fermenting plant sugar to fuel by helping yeast…
Browsing: Microbiology
Microbiology is the branch of science that studies microscopic organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and algae. These tiny life forms play crucial roles in ecosystems, human health, and industry—ranging from causing infectious diseases to aiding digestion and driving biotechnological innovations. Microbiology spans a wide range of research areas, such as antibiotic resistance, microbial ecology, and the development of vaccines. As our understanding of microbial life deepens, microbiology remains at the forefront of scientific discovery, offering insights into both the challenges and benefits of the microbial world.
Intestinal microbes like Bifidobacteria could be key allies in the fight against COVID-19. Researchers from…
Patients with B.1.1.7 (Alpha variant/UK) and B.1.351 (Beta variant/South Africa) less likely to be asymptomatic,…
A new mass spectrometry approach from Miami University helps identify effective inhibitors of antibiotic-resistant enzymes,…
University of Tsukuba research team sheds new light on how fungi that cause diseases can…
Methane-eating microbes help regulate Earth’s temperatures with remarkably high metabolic rates within seafloor carbonate rocks.…
Scientists have identified the protein that was the missing evolutionary link between two ancient algae…
It has recently become prominent in Mexico and, similarly to other variants, presents a mutation…
Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping…
Australian researchers have developed a groundbreaking technology that enables scientists to synthetically create and study…
Scientists revived a 24,000-year-old microscopic rotifer from Siberian permafrost that could still reproduce, revealing insights…
A few dominant bacteria, not microbial diversity at large, drive most soil carbon cycling, offering…
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay shed light on the origins of Mimivirus…
The MetaSUB project mapped microbial DNA from 60 cities, discovering over 12,000 new organisms and…
An international research team, led by scientists from Tübingen and the German Center for Infection…
Researchers detect internal motor structure of Mycoplasma mobile using high-speed atomic force microscopy. Much of…
Naturally occurring gut bacteria can clean up chemo toxins in the body, study finds. In…
Researchers conducted the first large-scale survey of the microbiota present in the seamount’s ferromanganese crusts,…