A research team at the University of Greifswald's Research Training Group RTG-PRO "Proteases in pathogen and host: importance ...

A new species of bacteria has come to light in Brazil. It’s genetically similar to two other disease-causing bacteria from the Andes, which are known to infect humans through sand fly bites. According ...

Salmonella Dublin is a type of bacteria that primarily infects cattle, but some strains also can adapt to infect humans. It is increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics, making it a growing ...

We uncover hundreds of inhibitory interactions between industrial and agricultural chemicals and gut bacteria. Systematic genetic analyses reveal bacterial survival mechanisms against pollutants and ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across ...

The fourth person in the U.S., the third California resident, has been infected with the bacterium Rickettsia lanei.

Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical - one that can kill them at high enough concentrations - inside human intestines, but they may actually swim toward it when ...

For decades, biology textbooks and popular science writing repeated a striking claim: bacterial cells in the human body ...

Space travel is not for the weak. Astronauts endure motion sickness, disorientation, cardiovascular stress—and that’s before they even reach orbit. Luckily, the bacteria that lives inside us is far ...

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are enzymes primarily produced by Enterobacteriaceae, conferring resistance to a wide range of broad spectrum of beta-lactam antibiotics, including ...