When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...

Gut bacteria are known to be a key factor in many health-related concerns. However, the number and variety of them is vast, ...

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by ...

Anaerobic bacteria were among the first life forms on Earth and existed at a time when there was no oxygen in the atmosphere.

Bacterial physiology is a scientific discipline that concerns the life-supporting functions and processes of bacteria, which allow bacterial cells to grow and reproduce. Non-photosynthetic ...

Bacterial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in bacteria, their chromosomes, plasmids, transposons and phages. Techniques that have enabled this discipline are ...

The impact of >1,700 xenobiotics on growth and amine metabolism of 4 gut bacteria was screened in vitro. Xenobiotics disrupt metabolic homeostasis in both growth-dependent and -independent manner. 275 ...