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The smallest form of life on Earth
US scientists published research on microbes that could be considered the smallest form of life on Earth.
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Art masterpieces made of bacteria
According to the latest scientific news in Live Science, in today's modern life, humans have used bacteria to create artistic masterpieces.
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Ancient bacteria cause global danger to re-export and develop
Cyanobacteria, after taking up to 2.5 billion years to adapt to the Earth's biosphere, could pose a global threat in the future.
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See how fast bacteria spread from the toilet to the human mouth
In fact, a quarter of office workers didn't wash their hands enough and properly after going to the toilet, everything in the workplace, from the door to the keyboard an…
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Detecting new viruses in human gut
Scientists have found a virus that has never been recorded in human gut, according to a new report on the Nature Communications journal.
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Bacteria multiply 800m below the surface of Antarctic ice
Scientists discovered bacteria at a depth of 800m, below the Antarctic ice surface. This discovery raises hope, sees extraterrestrial life.
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Detection of weaknesses of drug resistance
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns of a lapse of antimicrobial resistance, which is growing globally.
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Methan bacteria can survive under the environmental conditions of Mars
A new study finds methane - one of the simplest and oldest organisms on Earth - can live on Mars.
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Trees can also turn into
For the first time, scientists have discovered how parasitic bacteria can turn plants into living corpses, like in animals.
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Alarm on E.coli strain ST131
Australian scientists at the Center for Infection Research have reported that the strain of ST131 of E. coli pathogens can be completely resistant only to a negligible g…
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The fast-growing cannibalism bacteria
Scientists have found that a meat-eating bacterium can cause fatal infections that evolve rapidly, within 35 years.
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Detection of bacteria 'eat' electrons
Researchers have shown that a common bacterium can use natural conductivity to pull electrons from minerals deep in the soil and in sediment while bacteria remain on the…
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Bacterial discovery is the culprit of the end of the Permian disaster
Scientists have recently discovered that the cause has led to extinction on a global scale, leading to the elimination of about 60% of all species on Earth that took pla…
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Use bacterial immunity to make them
The overuse of antibiotics on humans and animals is thought to be the main cause of the increase in antibiotic-resistant or superbug bacteria.
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Find out the oldest infectious bacteria of humanity
Recent research by scientists shows that leprosy bacteria existed 10 million years ago ...