For decades, cancer has been thought of as a purely human disease—rogue cells multiplying out of control, with no room for ...

University of Louisville researchers have discovered how a naturally occurring microbial compound may help protect the gut ...

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Microbial secretion systems are at the core of bacterial physiology, facilitating processes such as protein export, ...

Nature-based solutions like enhanced rock weathering and microbial enrichment could increase tree growth and boost carbon ...

A global effort to create a "microbial Noah's Ark" to preserve the world's diverse collection of healthy microbes before they disappear is now entering an active growth phase. In a perspective article ...

For more than a century, the industrial production of chemicals, fuels, foods, and medicines has relied on wild-type ...

In sickness or in health, the billions of microorganisms that inhabit our guts are our constant companions throughout life. In the past few decades, scientists have shown how the nature of this ...

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas were acidic and rich in iron, and volcanic activity roared across a barren ...