Scientists have found a compound in Lake Michigan that proved effective in fighting drug-resistant tuberculosis, according to research published in ACS Infectious Diseases. Antibiotics produced by ...

A new bacterium found in Hawaiian seawater shows land microbes can reach the ocean through hidden groundwater flow.

Freshwater bacteria with small genomes frequently undergo prolonged periods of adaptive stagnation. Based on genomic analyses of samples from European lakes, researchers uncovered specific ...

Bacteria play key roles in degrading organic matter, both in the soil and in aquatic ecosystems. While most bacteria digest large molecules externally, allowing other community members to share and ...

A new species of bacteria has been discovered off the coast of Oʻahu. Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ...

A new species of bacteria has been discovered off the coast of Oʻahu, shedding light on how unseen microbial life connects Hawaiʻi’s land and sea ecosystems.

Microbial diversity in the water of Lake Zurich, Switzerland, analyzed by researchers at the Limnological Station of the University of Zurich. Freshwater resources are limited, accounting for only 3.5 ...