Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" ...

Carbon dioxide has long looked more like waste than resource. A new solar reactor turns it into living bacterial biomass ...

A vital component in many research fields is the ability to measure bacterial growth for fermentation, antibiotic effectiveness, synthetic biology, and food safety. Estimating bacterial growth ...

Researchers use microbial growth assays for many applications, from examining how different conditions affect certain microbial strains to evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobial compounds. Many ...

Like desert wildflowers that bloom after rain, soil bacteria have evolved life strategies that determine when and where they grow. Having a small, streamlined genome may help some bacteria survive in ...