Bacteria can communicate with each other using diffusible chemical signals and can co-ordinate their behaviour to function as a group. Interbacterial signalling that functions to reflect population ...

Ethanolamine is a compound that can be readily derived from cell membranes and that some bacteria can use as a source of carbon and/or nitrogen. The complex biology and chemistry of this process has ...

The duration of pink eye, or conjunctivitis, varies depending on whether it’s caused by a virus or bacteria, typically resolving within a few days to two weeks. Viral pink eye usually clears up on its ...

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive in deep space without light. Faced with worsening floods and a shortage of ...

Bacteria are amongst the simplest of organisms – they are made of single cells. Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi.