A 5,000-year-old microbe from a Romanian ice cave resists modern antibiotics while also showing promise for new treatments.

Bacteria frozen for thousands of years could hold the key to developing new antibiotics, researchers have found.

Studying ancient microbes like this one is risky research, but it can also reveal novel biological mechanisms that inspire ...

Whether it’s the ocean’s deepest hydrothermal vents or tall mountain peaks, bacteria is likely surviving and thriving. Ice caves can host a wide variety of microorganisms and offer biologists a bevy ...

Scientists have discovered bacteria frozen in an ancient underground ice cave that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. Ice ...

Bacteria have evolved to adapt to all of Earth's most extreme conditions, from scorching heat to temperatures well below zero ...

A bacterium sealed inside Romanian cave ice since the Bronze Age has proven resistant to 10 modern antibiotics across 8 drug classes, even though it never encountered a single pharmaceutical in its 5, ...

Bioengineered E. coli bacteria can now produce a group of compounds with anticancer, anti-HIV, antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory activities. The Kobe University achievement is the result of a ...

Your gut bacteria are constantly sensing, moving, and sharing nutrients to keep the microbiome thriving.

Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that constantly “sense” their surroundings to survive and thrive. New research shows that beneficial gut microbes, especially common Clostridia bacteria, can ...

Although we often conceive of microorganisms — germs — as bad, the vast majority of them are not.