Bacteria have long been a key source of lifesaving antibiotics, but most species cannot be grown in the lab—leaving their ...

Most bacteria cannot be cultured in the lab—and that's been bad news for medicine. Many of our frontline antibiotics ...

Scientists in Tokyo have uncovered “Inocles,” massive strands of extrachromosomal DNA hidden inside bacteria in human mouths. These giants, overlooked by traditional sequencing, could explain how oral ...

While scientists are amassing a fair amount of data regarding our gut microbiomes, the oral microbiome is a bit of a new ...

The deep sea is home to some of the weirdest creatures on Earth, from ghostly elder fish to carnivorous harp sponges.

Could DNA be glycosylated? A new study published in Engineering explores this intriguing question, suggesting that DNA might undergo glycosylation, a process that could revolutionize our understanding ...

Ancient mammoth remains preserved microbial DNA over a million years old. The study reveals long-term host-microbe interactions. An international team led by scientists at the Centre for Palaeogenetic ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that ...