Your gut bacteria are far smarter than you might think. While we've long known that different foods can shift the balance of ...

Every year, millions suffer, and thousands lose their lives to infections that were once easily treatable with the right dose ...

Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming in open water, but navigating more confined spaces poses different ...

Scientists at Stanford University have discovered that DRT3, a unique defense system found in bacteria, creates DNA to ...

Bacteria and viruses are often lumped together as germs, and they share many characteristics. They’re invisible to the human eye. They’re everywhere. And both can make us sick. Bacteria and viruses ...

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the classic idea of dormancy. The researchers show that some cells enter ...

A major collaboration involving nine labs, led by scientists at Gladstone Institutes, has transferred a particularly useful ...

Microbes are important in the gut, skin, mouth — and in the vagina. Postdoctoral research scientist Fatima Aysha Hussain says that unlike our gut, a healthy vaginal microbiome is likely one with a low ...

Checking the health of soil could soon be as simple as asking the local bacteria. Drones or satellites could detect their answers, given as different-colored glows in response to triggers like ...

The microbes living in sourdough starters don’t just appear by chance—they’re shaped by what bakers feed them. New research shows that while the same hardy yeast tends to dominate sourdough starters ...

Share on Pinterest Bacterial imbalance may tell an important story about MS symptom severity, a study in mice suggests. Image credit: Vladimir Godnik/Getty Images. About 2.9 million people worldwide ...