A scientist who was working on plague-causing bacteria caught the disease despite using weakened strains that were deemed ...

Scientists have solved the 3D structure of EspC, a powerful toxin produced by EPEC, a diarrheal E. coli strain that kills ...

A new study maps how specific lactic acid bacteria can enhance both the flavor and nutritional quality of plant-based dairy alternatives. The findings may have wide-reaching perspectives for the ...

Researchers combined a vaccine and a probiotic supplement to tend the microbial garden inside the intestines of mice, ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

For generations, sailors around the globe have reported a mysterious phenomenon: Vast areas of the ocean glow steadily at ...

In miniature test tubes in biologist Ryan Baugh's lab at Duke, thousands of tiny wriggling worms—each one a fraction the size ...

A drug-resistant strain of A. baumannii is spreading in a Malaysian hospital, posing a global health threat due to its ...

Scientists at La Trobe University have discovered how a diarrhea-causing strain of bacteria uses "molecular scissors" to cut ...

For centuries, sailors have reported the eerie glow of "milky seas" — vast areas of ocean that shine at night like a soft ...

The issue of intestinal bacteria is a complex one. On the one hand, people are dependent on the microorganisms because they are the ones that digest the food. On the other hand, there are also ...

Some gut bacteria could make medicines less effective and less likely to help make people better, researchers said this week.