Researchers have found a bacteriocin that can help inhibit the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a growing global problem. Part of the solution ...

Plant growth is supported by millions of tiny soil microbes competing and cooperating with each other as they perform ...

Under ideal conditions, bacterial cell proliferation is exponential, transforming an empty Petri dish into a lush “lawn” of growth. However, as a bacterial colony develops, “growing pains” are ...

A single loading platform for plant growth-promoting bacteria and other active ingredients has been developed. A team of researchers from North Carolina State University (NC, USA) has developed a ...

Ash from wildfires that falls in the ocean can provide nutrients that boost the growth of microorganisms – but the impact on the wider ecosystem is unknown. It has long been known that ash from the ...

Lynette Abbott continues her discussion on soil health by examining the effects of fertilisers on soil organisms ...

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella, E.coli and others, is present at low levels as part of a healthy human gut microbiome. But at high levels - ...