A single species of bacteria living in the human intestine has been linked to measurably stronger muscles, hinting that the ...

The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills, and thereby accelerating the elimination of pollution, in many cases. It does this by ...

One of the most common chronic infections on Earth lives silently in the human stomach, often taking hold in childhood and staying for life without producing a single symptom. That bacterium, ...

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It is microscopic and rod-shaped, can create spores, and may have evolved to survive hundreds of miles above our planet's surface. This bacterium, never before seen on Earth, was detected on China's ...

DNA sequencing was revolutionized after scientists discovered a new bacterium in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, and today it's a common research technique. This game-changing bacterium ...

A bacterium that lives in the intestines of most amphibians can eliminate bowel cancer in mice, a discovery that may lead to new therapies against hard-to-treat tumours. Researchers at the Japan ...

The bacterium, roughly the shape and size of an eyelash, was first discovered in 2009 in the mangrove swamps of Guadeloupe, an island in the Lesser Antilles. The bacteria appeared as long translucent ...

Treponema pallidum is a spiral-shaped bacterium that currently exists in three closely related forms, one of which causes syphilis. Robert Brook / Science Photo Library via Getty Images The origins of ...