Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have a significant advantage over other antimicrobials in this age of widespread resistance to ...

Image courtesy of Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science shows Lactobacillus (red) in a certain part of the fruit fly gastrointestinal tract (blue/cyan). | Microbiology ...

In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial diseases.

Bacterial vaginosis is confined to an asymptomatic state in at least half of the cases. Symptomatic BV, on the other hand, is most typically accompanied by foul-smelling, profuse vaginal discharge ...

Most diabetic wound care products are passive dressings, only providing a protective barrier against the external environment ...

Americans tend to drink double their usual amount of alcohol during the holidays — that's a lot of egg nog that goes straight ...

Bacteria have complex molecular machines that help them drive disease. Scientists can now leverage these machines to treat disease instead. We primarily work with nanobodies, although we have shown ...

Stanford researchers have identified multiple forms of a ubiquitous enzyme in microbes that flourish in low-oxygen regions ...

Probiotics may help relieve and improve IBS symptoms, like bloating, abdominal pain, and bowel movement irregularity, by ...

FLEMING 1 noted that the growth of B. coli and a number of other bacteria belonging to the colityphoid group was not inhibited by penicillin. This observation has been confirmed. Further work has ...

Wisconsin saw record low ice cover on Lakes Michigan and Superior, the state's first February tornado, and one of the wettest ...

Antibacterial soap contains active chemicals which are added to kill bacteria. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... doi:10.1021/es103650m Wang C, Chen L, Zhao S, et al.