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Nov. 4, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals ...

Genetically engineered bacteria can work together to spot prime numbers, identify vowels or even work out the maximum number of slices a pizza can be cut into. The researchers behind the study say ...

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Navigating food safety can be confusing to say the least — what’s considered cross-contamination? Is the five-second rule real? Will raw cookie dough actually give me salmonella?

Biofilms—slimy communities of bacteria—grow on all sorts of surfaces: from glaciers and hot springs to plant roots, your bathtub and fridge, wounds, and medical devices such as catheters.

These first microbes would have been extremely simple. Meanwhile, viruses degrade more easily than bacteria, so there are no physical fossils of viruses. Related: What was the first animal on Earth?