It's never a good thing, when a bacterial biofilm forms on the surface of a medical implant. There could soon be a new way of ...

In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Tiny magnetic bacteria that live in tightly bound groups are showing scientists how life might have evolved complex, multicellular forms. These rare bacteria can’t survive alone – they depend on one ...

An international research team led by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has achieved a breakthrough in the field of ...

A single, microscopic bacterium divides and expands into a visible colony that can further organize into dynamic structures, from swarming patterns to biofilms ... subtilis colony that looks like a ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...