Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- an environmental bacteria that can cause devastating multidrug-resistant infections, particularly in people with underlying lung conditions -- evolved rapidly and then spread ...

A Japanese-led research team has developed AUN, a groundbreaking immune-independent bacterial cancer therapy that uses two harmonized bacteria to destroy tumors even in patients with weakened immune ...

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio even as scientists are trying to stay one step ahead Bailey Magers and Sunil Kumar cut strange figures on Pensacola Beach. Bags of ...

Identification of microbes joins together the discipline of microbiology with the study of infectious diseases. Methods of reliable and accurate microbial identification are valuable to a wide range ...

Investigadores de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Chile identificaron familias de bacterias y órdenes de arqueas hasta ahora desconocidas en el Salar de Ascotán, un entorno sometido a ...

Bacteria that can degrade the common plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) have been discovered in industrial waste water 1. The research, published in the journal Microbiology, offers insight into ...

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