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These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Whether in the gut, mouth, or on the skin, the human body is colonized by bacteria. Most of them are beneficial and we find ...

Each year, more than two million people die from advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). Previous research has linked gut ...

A large study has revealed that dozens of widely used chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria. Many of these substances, ...

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It is common knowledge that the human gut is home to hordes of bacteria, most of which seem essential for good health. But there is another component of the gut microbiome that receives less attention ...

New research from UChicago reveals that bacteria use the same ‘run-and-tumble’ strategy to move through everything from open ...

Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician's backyard. The ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line up around a thousand of them to match the thickness of a human thumbnail.