Bacteria in food can make you seriously ill, which is why it is so important for the facilities that produce your food to ...

Plants are a rich and renewable source of compounds used in medicines, food ingredients, and cosmetics. Since growing an ...

Lactic acid bacteria are critical to the dairy, food processing, and nutrition industries. Used as probiotics, flavour compounds, and starter cultures for fermented foods such as yogurt, the bacteria ...

Article reviewed by Phoebe Lostroh, PhD from Colorado College. Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Louis Pasteur prepared the first liquid bacterial culture medium in 1860, ...

Cement manufacturing and repair could be significantly improved by using biocement-producing bacteria, but growing the microbes at construction sites remains a challenge. Now, researchers report a ...

Researchers have modified certain bacteria with UV light so that they produce more cellulose. The basis for this is a new approach with which the researchers generate thousands of bacterial variants ...

Instead of killing bacteria, scientists found a way to gently guide gut microbes to produce compounds linked to longevity and healthier aging.

Can bacteria that survive washing and disinfection in food production facilities spread antimicrobial resistance?

Plant cell cultures are an attractive alternative to cultivating whole plants for obtaining natural compounds, but many ...