Bacteria are constantly moving with the help of motility organs called flagella or pili to colonize new niches. Also, ...

A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new ...

“It was like opening a kind of microbiological relic. The fact that we were able to extract genetic information from bacteria ...

Stunning images reveal for the first time how antibiotics pierce deadly bacteria’s armor. British scientists have shown how ...

It is well established that gut microbiome composition plays a pivotal role in human health – yet the precise connections are ...

A common bacterium was genetically engineered to eat a plastic-derived molecule and then digest it to produce the everyday ...

By adding small doses of a simple molecule called chlorate to standard antibiotics, the combination proved 10,000 times more ...

The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to a ...

The prevalence of carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, or CP-CRE, increased 69% in the United ...

Studies have shown that more rainfall, higher humidity, and higher temperatures can drive increases in Legionella bacteria in ...

The review highlights how the gut microbiome (the collection of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the digestive system) can affect epigenetics, the process that turns genes on or off without ...

NC State scientists are studying a bacteria that breaks down PET, the plastic used in some water bottles and clothing. They've engineered the bacteria to break PET down more efficiently and the ...