Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria — even strains ... The molecule was found in soil samples collected from a laboratory ...

The mixture they made contained Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a soil bacterium that can enter ... In the next 48 hours, the bacteria in the EPLMs transferred their DNA to these tobacco cells.

It turns out that fungi release some of the carbon they take up back into the soil to recruit bacteria, which then break down the organic matter and release nutrients into the soil, which in turn ...