This Geobacter cell—which looks a bit like a gray peanut in this microscope image—is speckled with a dark coating of cobalt minerals that would be
Bugula neritina. Colony collected intertidally on Atlantic Beach, USA. Credit: SPbU Scientists from Russia, Austria, and the USA have discovered virus-like particles in the bacterial
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development has developed a way to model anticipated antimicrobial
An article in Cell by researchers affiliated with Harvard and the University of São Paulo shows that the metabolite succinate is released by muscle cells
Cancer cells. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox, National Cancer Institute Cancer cells spread by switching on and off abilities to sense their surroundings, move, hide and
Young females of sugar beet cyst nematodes attached to host roots. Credit: James Borneman The plant pathogenic nematode Heterodera schachtii infects more than 200 different
UCH Professor Juan José Quereda. Credit: Asociación RUVID It is estimated that only 1% of bacteria are pathogenic for humans or animals. Among them, the
Fungi and bacteria key to ripening cheese communicate with and feed each other using volatile compounds. Credit: Adam Detour Researchers at Tufts University have found
