Researchers at Durham have helped unlock a new understanding of how bacteria import antimicrobial peptides—the molecules that can kill or inhibit microbes. The research sheds new light on SbmA, a key ...

Antibiotic resistance is making bacterial infections harder to treat, demanding new therapeutic strategies. A new review ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance.

Tularemia is a rare but highly infectious disease caused by Francisella tularensis, a bacterium that can evade immune ...

Research has shed important new light on the enemies-turned-allies that allow bacteria to exchange genes, including those ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that bacteria can drive stem cell regeneration to repair the intestinal lining after injury—uncovering an unexpected way in which the gut ...

Recent studies suggest that animals and people alike have close and complex relationships with the bacteria around and within ...