The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

Your mouth bacteria can significantly affect your gut health, and predict the risk of chronic liver disease, finds a study.

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

In most people, these bacteria coexist peacefully and contribute to a mutually beneficial relationship, with both human and ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Cholera remains a major global public health challenge, with an estimated 1.3 to 4 million cases and tens of thousands of ...

A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...