On July 2, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment on the improvement of regulatory ...

On October 2, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the release of a new web-based tool on ...

Genetic engineering threatens the balance of healthy microbiomes. Genetically modified microorganisms, in particular, threaten this stability.

Extremophile microbes that flourish in conditions lethal to most life are moving from scientific curiosities to potential tools for climate action and astrobiology. New work on deep ocean communities, ...

A new research facility at UC Santa Barbara is set to transform the pace and scope of biotechnology. The BioFoundry for Extreme and Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria (ExFAB), supported by a ...

This review is led by Professor Kongming Wu (State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, ...

Bioengineers around the world have been working to create plastic-producing microbes that could replace the petroleum-based plastics industry. Now, researchers from Korea have overcome a major hurdle: ...

Bacteria living in the barren, ice-free soils of Antarctica have found a way to endure months of freezing darkness without sunlight or organic food. Instead of relying on photosynthesis, these ...

It is possible that extremophile microbes lcould exist on icy moons and planets with conditions similar to subglacial waters or the ocean floor.

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