Bacteria may seem like pretty simple lifeforms, but their ingenuity keeps surprising scientists. The latest example is a species called Geobacter sulfurreducens, which has now been found to survive ...

Lead, bacteria and PFAS are among the contaminants cropping up in drinking water. Credit...Thea Traff for The New York Times Supported by By Dana G. Smith Over the past few years, water safety crises ...

The study of iron-oxidizing bacteria in hydrothermal settings reveals a dynamic interplay between microbial metabolic strategies and geochemical processes. These bacteria, which convert soluble Fe(II) ...

De Bruuk (5°45′N; 5°58′E) is a small freshwater nature reserve comprising swamp and wet grass lands with silt/loamy sediment situated near the village of Groesbeek in the eastern part of The ...

Nitrate-reducing bacteria (Pseudomonas fluorescens and Alcaligenes sp.) as well as extracellular compounds from these bacteria increased the dissolution rate of iron and phosphorus sorbed to iron ...