As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are ...

Bacteria use a short RNA guide to detect viruses and activate a self-destruct mechanism that protects the wider microbial ...

A bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs has "exhibited remarkably potent" tumor-killing abilities when ...

A research team of Prof. Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has discovered that the bacterium Ewingella americana, isolated from the intestines of Japanese ...

Antibiotics are powerful treatments that have saved countless lives over the course of decades. New findings from Scripps ...

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to ...

Bacteria are among the most diverse and ancient forms of life on Earth. Yet, much of what is known about them comes from a ...

Researchers at Stockholm University have uncovered surprising insights into a large, previously unstudied group of bacteria, ...

Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells ...

A bizarre bacteria has been discovered with an ability previously thought impossible for its kind. This strange discovery could shine a light on how some of our earliest single-celled ancestors formed ...

Bacteria are a cornerstone of the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, helping produce everything from drugs and beer to biodiesel and fertilizer. The pharmaceutical industry, in particular, relies ...

Tuberculosis is both curable and preventable, yet each year, it still kills more people than any other infectious disease.