A 3D rendering captured with a confocal microscope shows the development of serpentine “cables” as non-motile E. coli bacterial cells proliferate in a polymeric solution. Scale bars are included.

UC Riverside scientists have now discovered a chemical that plants produce when they're stressed prevents dangerous biofilm ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria may drive blood ...

These bacteria form communities that help digest food, fend off harmful microbes, and play many other roles in maintaining human health. These bacteria can be vulnerable to infection from viruses ...

A plant-based diet can improve health and prevent disease by feeding the good bacteria in your digestive tract. Trillions of bacteria live in your digestive tract and play an important role in health.

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.

The new molecules target a metabolic pathway that only occurs in bacterial cells, thus sparing human cells. The team ...

Free water-test kits now are available for delivery to qualifying private well users in Southeastern Minnesota. Minnesota ...

Probiotics are "good" bacteria, but they may not be the best option to get rid of the bacteria when you have BV. Our experts ...

A bacterial gene is the minimal contiguous stretch of DNA in a bacterium that contains the expressed and regulatory sequences sufficient to complement the function of a null mutation in trans.

with lactic acid bacteria resembling that of a r-strategist and chain-elongating bacteria resembling that of a K-strategist. Furthermore, the half-saturation constant of glucose for L. mucosae was ...