A new study reveals that close social contacts, such as friends, influence the composition of the microbiota — the community ...

With a study showing bacteria live on the surface of the eye and stimulate ... visits to the doctor for eye infections and save US$174 million per year in the U.S. alone. When discussing the ...

Many of us take our phones with us wherever we go, including the bathroom. We were curious how this affected the phones, and if there could be any bacteria, pathogens, or anything else on them.

Most bacteria live in a biofilm state to enhance their survival ... This notion has transformed microbiology, and forces us to rethink the roles of microbes and how they operate within the ...

Earth's bacteria are evolving to survive in space ... "These microbes have found ways to live and possibly even thrive in ...