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Bacteria

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Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria

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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

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Lichen: Image made using visible light (sun or Xenon flash), the two "synthetic" looking ones are "UV stimulated visible fluorescence" using different cut filters

Environment

How lab-grown lichen could help us to build habitations on Mars

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A hand holding glowing prion proteins, from which fossils and microbes emerge.

Life

A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

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Health

Common type of inflammatory bowel disease linked to toxic bacteria

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Life

Cloud microbes’ colours could help us detect life on other planets

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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The top image shows an untreated bacterium; the bottom shows a bacterium after 90 minutes of being exposed to the antibiotic

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Extraordinary pictures show what a common antibiotic does to E. coli

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Life

Weird microbial partnership shows how complex life may have evolved

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Life

E. coli genome has been remade with 101,000 changes to its DNA

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes

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TB’s extraordinary evolution reveals why the ancient disease lives on

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Discovering the marvels of mucus is inspiring amazing new medicines

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Humans

Leprosy was in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans

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Your washing machine may not actually rid clothes of harmful bacteria

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