Unlike many bacteria, listeria can survive and reproduce in harsh conditions like cold temperatures of a refrigerator and without oxygen. This makes it challenging to control if the bacteria ...

These factors mean small organisms that make copies of themselves quickly — like bacteria — evolve much more quickly than large ones that take a long time to reproduce, like elephants. This rapid ...

Bacteria-eating viruses called bacteriophages are drawing new interest, Lina Zeldovich writes in "The Living Medicine." ...

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

Scientists have discovered that the larvae of the Kenyan lesser mealworm can consume polystyrene, aided by gut bacteria ...

Additional suspicions related to Myung Tae-kyun, a key figure in the alleged intervention of the nomination ahead of the ...

The lesser mealworm are mostly found in poultry rearing houses which are warm and can offer a constant food supply—ideal conditions for them to grow and reproduce ... Our study also examined the ...