If scientists want to find out how fast a population of bacteria grows, they often measure how their cell count changes over time. However, this method has a major flaw: it does not measure how fast ...

Taking bacteria and having those bacteria multiply in your gut are not the same thing.When choosing a gut health supplement, there are two main paths: taking the good bacteria themselves, or taking ...

The microbial ecosystem nesting in your mouth is giving scientists a rare tool to learn about how bacteria multiply. One of the most common bacteria living in your dental plaque, a filamentous ...

The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills and thereby accelerating the elimination of the pollution, in many cases. It does this by ...