Researchers at University of Tsukuba proposed a new approach to reveal ecological niches (positions within ecosystems) and ...

Researchers have revealed how polymyxins, crucial last-resort antibiotics, break down bacterial armor by forcing cells to ...

The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...

A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how ...

The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

The bacterial molecules, believed to stay in the gut, are present in the brain and linked to sleep patterns, discovered Washington State University scientists. The findings challenge brain-centric ...

The genetic culprits responsible for the spread of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria have been identified by new ...

Scientists have recently discovered a unique bacteria capable of consuming plastic on a large scale. This significant ...

Our gut microbes and genes are in constant conversation, shaping each other in ways that affect everything from immunity and ...

One day, bottles of probiotics might do more than keep you regular -- they could help prevent disease. To get there, a $2 ...

The review highlights how the gut microbiome (the collection of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the digestive system) can affect epigenetics, the process that turns genes on or off without ...