Countless bacterial species share cramped environments where competition for space and resources is fierce. Some rely on a ...

The drug is from a new class of antibiotics, the first new class in decades to be approved as a treatment for gonorrhea, ...

In one of the most tightly controlled environments on Earth, a rare bacterium has learned to disappear in plain sight. By ...

A potentially deadly type of bacterium previously found only in parts of Southern Asia, Africa or Australia has been detected for the first time in soil and water samples in the U.S., the Centers for ...

Some viruses, known as bacteriophages, only infect bacterial cells, often destroying those bacteria in the process. Bacteria, in turn, can develop defenses against these viruses. Bacteriophages or ...

Hospitals around the world are bracing for a future where common infections no longer respond to standard drugs. Among the ...

The WHO warns that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are not a silver bullet for obesity. Discover how probiotics and the gut bacterium ...

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Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered bacterium that has the ability to convert the toxic form of mercury present in ...

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A start-up firm affiliated with Keio University developed a new food source made of a powdered form of a bacterium used for natto fermented soybeans. The bacterium can be mixed into bread and noodles ...

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