"We demonstrated that abundant bacteria inhabiting young leaves promote individual leaf growth." By studying how young leaves interact with natural microbes, researchers uncovered a genetic network ...

In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria. New research reveals just how clever these bacterial invaders can be.

They found that the positioning of the genes along the chromosome must have arisen as a consequence of evolutionary pressure, ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

And now, a new study based on lunar regolith simulant experiments suggests that if these moon-dust bricks crack, bacteria could be used to seal them back up. Using as many local lunar resources as ...