Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have reported early success with a novel ...

Plasmids are self-replicating genetic elements that float separately from a bacterium’s own chromosomes. Plasmids evolve ...

Bacteria can rapidly evolve resistance to antibiotics by adapting special pumps to flush them out of their cells, according to new research. Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem of global ...

Amoebae living in a creek in Mumbai are acting as a "Trojan horse," harboring and protecting multidrug resistant bacteria, ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest global health challenges. Our most potent antibiotics become less effective as bacteria mutate and develop new defense strategies against these drugs. So, ...

Human history was forever changed with the discovery of antibiotics in 1928. Infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and sepsis were widespread and lethal until antibiotics made them ...

Potentially dangerous staphylococci compete with other bacteria for biotin in the human nasal cavity. This could offer a new ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the deadly drug-resistant bacteria NDM-CRE found a 70% rise in infections in the U.S. between 2019 and 2023. Also known as ...

Microbiologist Karin Hjort discusses what heteroresistance is and how it could change the way we treat bacterial infections. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Discovery may aid the fight against antibiotic resistance. Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered how some cells within a bacterial swarm will sacrifice themselves so that ...

Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are absolutely everywhere, a new study reveals. They're found in soil, feces and even the ocean. The findings emphasize an important problem with ...

Antibiotics may not only harm healthy gut bacteria but also have short- and long-term effects on a person’s health. For example, they can reduce gut flora diversity and affect digestion. Sometimes, ...