Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Once the micro-organisms are poured on the fuel, enzymes break down the fuel's harmful components while bacteria digest them.

Researchers are almost ready to start testing a methane-eating bacteria that could help cut emissions from landfills.

A deep-sea bacteria could be the answer to cleaning up decades-old oil spills in weeks After a disastrous deep-sea oil spill, a bacteria was discovered at great ocean depths, feasting on the oil.

Bioreactors housing methane-eating bacteria could offer a portable, off-grid solution for soaking up methane leaks from sites ...

There were numerous postulated explanations, but a study reported that the oil-eating bacteria, Oceanospirllales, was the leading reason for the disappearance of the large oil plumes. Reports on the ...

Microbes are everywhere! They are the unseen force that rules our planet – present, past and future. Ingenious tiny master chemists too small to see by naked eye yet so powerful and resilient they can ...