The ocean is full of invisible workers. Trillions of microbes quietly break down carbon-containing organic matter, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fermented foods can be a good source of probiotics. Yulia Naumenko/Moment via Getty Images Humans have been fermenting food and ...

A new study shows crop species, and not soil type, primarily determines the beneficial functions provided by root-associated ...

University of Louisville researchers have received $11.7 million to study microorganisms throughout the body, including the mouth. What they find could lead to better understanding and treatment of a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Louisville researchers have received $11.7 million to study microorganisms throughout the body, including the mouth. What they find could lead to better understanding ...

Strategies deployed for the restoration of degraded land have had promising results in Brazil’s semi-arid region, improving the microbial properties of the soil and contributing to a return of native ...

June 11 (UPI) --NASA astronauts will venture into space Thursday to scrape microorganisms from the outside of the International Space Station and study the origins of life. Their live-streamed ...

Ocean microbes control Earth's carbon cycle. Scientists found a simpler way to understand how these tiny organisms shape our ...

The capabilities of complex microbial communities are used for numerous biotechnological processes. This requires special compositions of the microbial communities. However, these are often unstable ...