Bacteria, among the oldest of life forms, have lived in seemingly every possible habitat on the planet, from ocean trenches and mountaintops to hot springs and polar ice. Yet, they have left a limited ...

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (AAPBs) represent a unique group of heterotrophic microorganisms that harness light energy via bacteriochlorophyll-containing reaction centres, yet do not ...

Bacteria may have adapted to oxygen well before Earth’s atmosphere was saturated with it, according to a new study. Researchers who traced microbial evolution over billions of years – using machine ...

B. cepacia are aerobic bacteria. This means that they need oxygen to survive. They have rod-like shapes and both long and short tendrils called flagella that help them move and cling to surfaces.

University of Queensland scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through ...

Scientists assumed most forms of life before the Great Oxidation Event didn't metabolize oxygen—but recent research suggests otherwise. Reading time 2 minutes Today, oxygen makes up about 21% of our ...