Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

DNA analysis has revealed that 26 novel species of "extremophile" bacteria were lurking in a clean room that housed NASA's Phoenix lander before it was launched to Mars in 2007. The hardy microbes ...

Soil bacteria enhance the attractiveness of the plant’s flowers to pollinators through a type of mutualistic relationship. In mutualism, both organisms benefit – plants receive more nutrients, and ...

Bacteria in the soil enhance the attractiveness of the plant’s flowers to pollinators via a type of relationship known as mutualism that is widespread in plants and animals.

Bacteria in the soil enhance the attractiveness of the plant's flowers to pollinators via a type of relationship known as mutualism that is widespread in plants and animals. Microorganisms such as ...

In the case of a healthy gut, both the person and the bacteria do well out of the relationship: a nice example of mutualistic symbiosis. COVID focused public attention on viruses.

In the case of a healthy gut, both the person and the bacteria do well out of the relationship: a nice example of mutualistic symbiosis. COVID focused public attention on viruses.

This article is part of Meet Your Gut Microbes, a series about the rich constellation of bacteria, viruses, archaea and fungi that live in people’s digestive tracts. Scientists are increasingly ...

Clover roots and sugar-munching bacteria Legumes, such as beans, peas, chickpeas and clover, form a symbiotic relationship with bacteria that can fix nitrogen from the air, and turn it into ...

They’re filled with bacteria.” An ancient mutualism is probably why plant and animal cells work the way they do today. Inside plant and animal cells, there are mitochondria.