Bacterial infections pose significant challenges to agriculture and medicine, especially as cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to rise. In response, scientists are elucidating the ways ...

Antibiotics are no longer able to treat infections as effectively as they once did because many pathogens have developed ...

Life-forms with no brain are capable of some astounding things. It might sound like sci-fi nightmare fuel, but some bacteria can wage kamikaze chemical warfare. Pathogenic bacteria make us sick by ...

Antibiotic resistance is a major concern, particularly for immunocompromised patients, who are at greater risk of serious infections. Microbiota composition can help prevent pathogenic bacteria from ...

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical ...

A recently discovered 'killing system' employed by bacteria could offer valuable insights into how to combat diseases including antibiotic-resistant hospital-acquired infections. A new research ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --Recent efforts to study the correlations between environmental conditions and the types of bacteria carried by sheep ticks suggest temperature has little impact on tick-borne pathogens ...

The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a sophisticated molecular apparatus that many Gram‐negative bacterial pathogens deploy to inject effector proteins directly into host cells. This machinery ...

Bacteria are everywhere, even in our bodies. While some might be dangerous, many have beneficial, positive roles. Researchers have now found that there are lactobacilli in the urinary tracts of human ...

A new animal study has demonstrated one way sugar can contribute to metabolic diseases such as diabetes is by causing disruptions to the gut microbiome. The novel findings home in on exactly how ...