Our body isn't just human—it's home to trillions of microorganisms found in or on us. In fact, there are more microbes in our ...

New nanostructured alumina surfaces offer unprecedented antibacterial resistance, fostering safer cell culture environments ...

Researchers at Indiana University Bloomington have identified a new mechanism by which bacteria can eliminate their ...

In a new study, researchers at Indiana University Bloomington have discovered a new way that bacteria can kill its ...

A new study, published in Nature Microbiology by researchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, reveals a previously unknown mode of resistance. The study was led by Prof. Debbie ...

coli bacteria and a bacteriophage, M13, that can infect it. Previous studies generally believed that animal migration accelerates the spread of viruses. However, new research has found that certain ...

Antibiotic and antifungal drug resistance pose a major public health threat. Live Science is covering the spread of this ...

It occurs when bacteria become immune to antibiotic treatments ... and alternatives like probiotics and bacteriophages are essential. Vaccinations and good hygiene can also reduce the need ...

We found that this bacteriophage has different fibrils—or 'legs'—and receptors on them that recognize bacteria," added Oksana Kotovskaya, a co-author of the work and a Ph.D. student of the ...

One common fly has successfully fought off its wasp predator by stealing a gene from bacteria that originated in bacteriophage ... to be the key to a successful attack or defense that one-ups ...

In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or ... comes from a bacterial virus, or bacteriophage, that infects ...

In the continual arms race between parasites and their hosts, innovation was thought to be the key to a successful attack or ... comes from a bacterial virus, or bacteriophage, that infects ...