Wild microorganisms are evolving to eat plastic pollution
We've put so much plastic pollution out there that bacteria are trying to eat it.
Tag: bacteria
Why kids hate broccoli: a foul combination with oral bacteria
Enzymes in the plant and oral bacteria can produce stenchy sulfurous compounds.
Purple bacteria turn sewage into hydrogen fuel
Purple is the new black.
How art restorers in Italy used bacteria to clean up pesky grime on Michelangelo sculptures
You could say these masterpieces were brought to life.
Plastic-eating bacteria turns waste into vanilla flavoring
A tasty solution to our plastic waste problem.
Trained bacteriophages could help us with our drug resistance issues
If you can't beat them -- hire mercenaries.
Silver nanoparticles change shape and get ‘consumed’ when destroying bacteria
We're getting new insight into how this metal acts against pathogens.
Scientists Find New Technique to Defeat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
By administering two doses, one while bacteria are swarming and one while in transition into a biofilm, antibiotic-resistant bacteria were ...
Photosynthesis could be as old as life itself
We all got to eat, right?
Researchers find four strains of bacteria on the ISS — three are completely new to science
Space: the final petri dish.
Scientists store information in DNA of living cells
‘Hello world… of bacteria?’
Could bacteria take up jobs mining in space? Turns out, they could
It's honest work.
Hospital floors are full of bacteria, posing a risk to patients’ health
Better watch where you step-- or even what you touch -- in a hospital.
Scientists synthesize antibiotics to conquer resistant microbes
A synthetic approach for remodifying existing antibiotics could give us the upper hand against resistant bacteria.
Bacteria can survive interplanetary travel between Earth and Mars
Even though they might be exposed to outer space for years, bacteria can still survive on the surface of a ...
Metal-eating bacteria discovered in dirty lab glassware
Bacteria that use manganese for energy have been suspected to exist for over a century -- but they've only recently ...
Even underground ecosystems are being influenced by humanity
New research in Sicily has found human-associated bacteria in underground caves.
Newly discovered bacteria feeds on toxic plastic
Finally, some good news for the environment!
New species of soil bacteria can break down soil pollutants
Researchers at Cornell University discovered a new species of bacteria that can break down organic contaminants in the soil. Image ...