Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth's surface almost 3000 million years ago.

Researchers have significantly enhanced an artificial intelligence tool used to rapidly detect bacterial contamination in food by eliminating misclassifications of food debris that looks like bacteria ...

Microbes move across the planet, linking ecosystems and spreading genes that shape antibiotic resistance, health, and biodiversity.

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from ...

Now, a team of researchers have curated the largest-ever database of microorganisms from more than 2,500 different foods. 4 The collection, published in Cell, includes over 500 new microbial species ...