Escherichia coli (E. coli) are mostly harmless bacteria that live in the intestines of animals and humans. They are the most ...

Discoveries may help to explain why some bacteria are hard to eliminate, and also point to potential future approaches to improving antibiotic effectiveness.

Using an innovative combination of biochemical experiments and ultra-high-resolution microscopy, a research team at Kiel University has solved the long-standing mystery of how the bacterium B.

Salmonella, an infection that causes diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain, is the most common form of bacterial food poisoning ...

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and Monash University has solved a puzzle that has stumped drug developers ...

Over the past two decades, high‑throughput sequencing has dramatically expanded our understanding of the gut microbiome's composition.

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators have discovered a key process in how the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria attaches to the cell wall, advancing the understanding ...