Scientists have discovered a 100-million-year-old bacterial toxin from Streptomyces that kills insects without harming humans. The protein, named Streptomyces antiquus insecticidal protein (SAIP), ...

Scientists have identified a new class of insect-killing proteins, dubbed Streptomyces antiquus insecticidal proteins (SAIPs), in a common soil bacterium. Dating back over 100 million years, these ...

Scientists call the vast community that carries out this work the necrobiome – a shifting cast of microbes, insects, ...

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In every backyard, park, and playground on Earth, the ground is teeming with a type of bacteria called Streptomyces—one of ...

A breathtaking, lush, verdant garden that nourishes our souls and makes us the envy of the neighborhood. And to make that ...

Research shows how microbes quickly colonize fresh lava, revealing how life rebuilds itself and offering clues for life on ...

Scientists found that a small amount of ancient Amazon dark earth soil can help trees grow faster in damaged land.

New research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, published in Nature Microbiology, reveals that when microbes live ...