Fast identification of bacteria is important in health care, food safety, environmental monitoring and infection control. One of the most common first steps is gram classification, which separates bacteria into gram-positive and gram-negative groups.

When antibiotics attack microbes, their stressed neighbors ship them proteins to help them survive, new work suggests. Bacteria share DNA related to antibiotic resistance through a process called horizontal gene transfer,

The first evidence that bacteria can convert toxic uranium dissolved in water into a stable chemical compound.

Health officials are warning that rising water temperatures are contributing to higher levels of this flesh-eating bacteria

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to map this largely uncharted terrain.

Memory is foundational to our human experience. By tracking and storing our experiences, it helps us navigate the world and is deeply intertwined with consciousness, allowing us t

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a novel mechanism used by the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea to evade immune detection and achieve widespread infection, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Earth's bacteria are evolving to survive in space. Several strains sourced from the International Space Station (ISS) differed from the same strains on Earth, having qualities specifically adapted to Earth's orbit. While it is still unclear what kind of ...

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Everyone knows the sponge and stovetop are hotbeds for bacteria, but there are germ havens in the kitchen you're forgetting to clean. Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based in Astoria, Queens. While she writes about most things edible and ...

New research is suggesting a strong association between mouth bacteria and gastric cancer. The study, published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, examined the gut microbiome in stool and the oral microbiome from saliva and the tongue. The scientists ...