Lilliputians

Scientists claim to have discovered the smallest life forms. But are they alive?

Creating algae in the dark

Microbe hunt

Will people gain from project to find beneficial microbes?

Toxic blooms

Downside of algae

New role for cadmium

In algal enzyme

Look out

Two viruses from the infamous retrovirus family found

Soil bacterium for protection against earthquakes

Algae fat

Odour of the day

Under attack

New York city battles with E coli bacteria

Friendly foe

The flip side of a pest control bug

Pill poppers beware

Indiscriminate antibiotic use has created drug resistance in harmful bacteria

Bytes

Manipulating microbes can control obesity

New injectable male contraceptive

A styrene maleic anhydride 'plug' has few side-effects and is reversible.

Spawning grounds

Environmental changes have led to the emergence of kala-azar in new areas

Deadly creeper

Killer algae strikes

Green alchemy

Ayurvedic drugs will cost less with microorganisms yielding gold

Life survives well without oxygen

Micro-organisms can detect minute changes in their environment

How they detect minute changes in their environment

Decoding antibiotic resistance in bacteria

Fungus food saver

Going by smell

Mile-a-minute solution

Fungus to weed out the plague of India's tea plantations