Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Microbes make a home among the starch grains of your sourdough starter. Daniel Veghte, CC BY-SA Sourdough is the oldest kind of ...

The fascinating world of bacteria that live as symbionts or parasites in animal hosts often remains a mystery to researchers. A research team has made a breakthrough that provides insights into this ...

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For centuries, Ganga water has been believed to resist spoilage, a phenomenon modern science investigates. Bacteriophages, high dissolved oxygen, and antibacterial minerals contribute to its ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the bacteria ...