As the body ages, changes in the bacteria living inside the digestive system can lead to a weakened sensory connection ...

Meta's Cheyenne data center contractor contaminated the city's reclaimed water supply with a rare bacterium, shutting down ...

Scientists have finally uncovered how bacteria naturally create multiple versions of powerful anti-cancer drugs, solving a mystery that has frustrated researchers for decades.

West Nile virus was recently detected in mosquitoes in DeKalb County. Mosquito-borne illnesses kill hundreds of thousands of people a year. Some historians believe they’ve killed about half of all ...

Through trend analyses, this surveillance highlighted both the emergence and decline of AMR across diverse bacterial pathogens, helping inform which antibiotics may remain appropriate as first-line ...

Breast milk helps shape the gut microbiota for longer than previously thought. Researchers from DTU and Rigshospitalet have ...

Plants need nitrogen to grow. Many legumes meet this need through a symbiotic relationship: They harbor bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to the plant. Until now, it was ...

Research from DTU and Rigshospitalet shows that sugars in breast milk play an important role in the development of the gut ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have used artificial intelligence to identify a new class of antimicrobial ...

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a new antibiotic that kills some of the world's most dangerous and drug-resistant bacteria - and does so by targeting a previously unknown ...

Traditionally, antibiotic discovery has involved the isolation of natural products from fungi and bacteria—largely actinomycetes. However, the perception that antibiotic-producing actinomycetes have ...

Microbes based on mirror images of molecules in the natural world would have a hard time surviving outside the laboratory, according to a modelling study. To do so, they would need a ready supply of ...