The trials suggest that these composts may already contain some useful microorganisms, Shida says. Comparing five compost products in tests of rice plant growth, the team showed that two of the ...

Robots designed by a bioengineer can accelerate a natural process to turn single-cell organisms into things that devour waste or create common medicines.

“As the pathway is truly artificial, it is not regulated by intrinsic or original regulatory pathways inside the bacteria, which means we can fully predict how it works.” Now that these useful ...

Polyphenols, such as resveratrol in the skin of red grapes, are micronutrients that are thought to have beneficial properties and act as a fuel for useful microbes living inside our bowel.

A company called Windfall Bio is pursuing a novel solution for these diverse sources of methane which is based on an interesting category of microbes called “methane eaters.” The technical ...

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