Scientists examining seawater from Blanes Bay in the north-western Mediterranean uncovered 26 new bacterial strains that ...

A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae, E.coli and other ...

The coalition of 38 scientists across nine countries warned that the creation of so-called mirror bacteria – a form of life built with biological molecules in shapes that are the opposite of ...

Unless compelling evidence were to emerge that mirror life would not pose extraordinary dangers, research with the goal of creating mirror bacteria should not be permitted, and funders should make ...

Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; and ...

(CNN) — A group of 38 scientists working in nine countries has sounded an alarm about the potential creation of mirror bacteria — synthetic organisms in which the molecular structure found in ...

Among other concerns about mirror bacteria include the ability to 'safely' contain the microbes. Experts believe antibiotics are likely to be ineffective. Writing in Science, the authors say: “Unless ...

A group of scientists have issued a stark warning over "mirror bacteria" that poses an "unprecedented risk" to life on Earth. Molecules such as DNA or amino acids are described by scientists as ...

To demonstrate the gene-exchange technique to enable wastewater bacteria to degrade plastics, this video shows two types of bacteria in red and green. The red strain and the green strain of ...