A bacterium with no formal name until recently has been identified as the source of a compound that kills melanoma cells, and ...

A type of Lyme disease caused by a rare bacterium that leads to more severe symptoms has appeared in a new state for the ...

Every year, hundreds of millions of tons of petrochemical-based plastics are produced, much of which ends up in the ...

Rare and potentially more serious Lyme disease bacteria found in New York ticks - Scientists call for continued tick ...

The emerging infectious bacterium Escherichia albertii has caused outbreaks of severe food poisoning and hospitalized people ...

Meningococcus is a relatively rare but especially aggressive disease. The risk for the disease is especially high in infants, ...

New findings document the first known detection and first locally acquired human infection in the state ...

Researchers have discovered a new bacterium that weakens the immune system in the gut, potentially contributing to certain inflammatory and infectious gut diseases. The team identified the bacterium, ...

Scientists have solved a decades-old bacterial shape mystery, uncovering a potential new target for antibiotics.

A low-fiber "Western diet" causes damage to the protective mucus barrier in the gut, and such damage can increase the risk of inflammation and infection. By studying the gut bacteria of people who ...

An organism as a tenant in another -- in biology, this often works quite well. Researchers have now shed light on how such a partnership of a cell in a cell can establish itself. Endosymbiosis is a ...