Scientists have identified a new microbe that developed onboard China's Tiangong space station, according to a new study. The strain, officially named niallia tiangongensis, is a new variant of a ...

A strain of bacterium that often causes infections in hospital can break down plastic, research published this week in Cell Reports reveals 1. Researchers in the United Kingdom identified an enzyme, ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe after analyzing samples taken from China's Tiangong space station. The new microbe strain, officially named Niallia tiangongensis, was ...

Raquel S. Peixoto is a professor in the Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Thinking Small and ...

It's tiny and needy, but is it alive? That's a question prompted by recent research that highlights a surprisingly complex part of biology. The organism in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum ...