Genomic analysis suggests host diversity is far greater than previously thought.

Harvard researcher develops program to read any genome sequence and decipher its genetic code.

Researchers identify links between genetic makeup of bacteria in human gut and several human diseases.

Researchers identify links between genetic makeup of bacteria in human gut and several human diseases.

Emily Balskus has won the Alan T. Waterman Award, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious prize for scientists under 40 in the United States.

A new species of bacteria, one that makes its home on the relatively hot and dry surface of a solar panel, was discovered recently at the Arnold Arboretum, offering a lesson that nature’s reach extends even to the artificial.

Researchers discover mysterious bacteria that break it down in the gut.

Cassandra Extavour and Leo Blondel provide the strongest suggestive evidence yet that at least part of a specific gene came from bacterial genomes.