Scientists are uncovering a surprising way to influence bacteria—not by killing them, but by changing how they communicate.

Recent research has identified practical ways to protect and deliver oxygen-sensitive gut bacteria for a path toward safer, ...

Bacteria use a short RNA guide to detect viruses and activate a self-destruct mechanism that protects the wider microbial ...

A. baumannii bacteria is a nasty antibiotic-resistant bug that thrives in hospitals, where it takes advantage of weakened immune systems. Researchers have now found the bacteria's secret weapon and ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are ...

Scientists didn’t understand how bacteria divide up carbon sources into different paths for energy or to build new materials. Professor Ludmilla Aristilde; Professor Niall Mangan; Postdoctoral ...

Chia-Yu Chen receives funding from the National Research Foundation and the Carnegie Postdoctoral Grant. Shüné Oliver receives funding from the National Research Foundation, South Africab Medical ...

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to ...

Cavity-causing bacteria also use dietary sugars to make a sticky layer called a biofilm that acts like a fortress attached to ...

Your shower head, a seemingly clean spot, can harbor significant bacteria, including potentially harmful pathogens. Warm, ...

Bacteria have been around for billions of years. Could they have come up with complex behaviors that we just don’t understand yet? Could they have their own language? Their own culture? Their own ...