This smartphone bacteria may be art, but that doesn't mean it isn't real. The truth is we're all filthy, filthy creatures and your smartphone harbors proof.

A federal grand jury issued indictments on Tuesday against an art professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo who used bacteria in his work, and against a genetics professor at the ...

Scientists and others used bacteria grown on agar plates to create their artworks for the American Society for Microbiology’s annual Agar Art competition.

A University of Pittsburgh professor who had been charged with illegally supplying microbes to an art professor for an exhibit pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge that he did not follow proper ...

Art-cleaning bacteria are still on the cutting edge in the restoration world, but they could dramatically improve some old artwork.

THIS smartphone bacteria may be art, but that doesn't mean it isn't real.

How to make cheese using the microbes on your feet What growing cheese from foot bacteria can tell us about art, science, and ourselves.

Gut bacteria are known to be a key factor in many health-related concerns. However, the number and variety of them is vast, ...

The American Society for Microbiology’s annual agar art awards asked scientists, artists and others to create art out of microbes. This year, the theme was: who is your favorite microbiologist?

These intricate drawings are alive. Microbial art has become increasingly popular since the establishment of the American Society of Microbiology’s global contest in 2015. BacArt, created by ...

Etsy genius Alicia Watkins has introduced us to an art medium we didn't know we were missing: the infinitely entertaining world of embroidered microbes. From a cross-stitched rendering of ...

As Spanish microbiologist Pilar Bosch was casting around for a subject to investigate for her PhD in 2008, she stumbled across a paper suggesting that bacteria, her field, could be used in art ...