In a biofilm “community,” bacteria can do things that individual bacterial cells cannot — for example, forming barriers that ...

Throughout evolution, pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, have developed sophisticated defense ...

While largely unnoticed, phages do not harm humans. On the contrary, these viruses are gaining increasing popularity as biomedicines to eradicate pathogenic bacteria, especially those associated with ...

In the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage, a submarine crew of medical scientists and their vessel are miniaturized with top-secret technology. They travel the bloodstream of another, full-sized scientist in ...

The trillions of microbial cells in our gastrointestinal tract have their own genomes and metabolic products, many of which can affect human biology, and some of them can be beneficial, while others ...

Even though humans are complex organisms and bacteria are single cells, and each are made of completely different cell types (eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, respectively), there are some similar ...

Synlogic CEO Aoife Brennan speaking at SynBioBeta. The company has engineered bacteria that shrink cancer tumors in mice. With trials underway to bring this immunotherapy solution to the treatment ...

The department of biology hosted a University of Florida professor at an Oct. 5 seminar, where he discussed nutritional immunity as a method to combat bacterial infections. José Lemos, associate ...

AOD is a fast-progressing condition affecting thousands of mature oaks across England and Wales. It is characterized by dark, ...

A few years ago researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) discovered bacteria in Antarctica that could survive on nothing but air. Now the team has found that this handy ability might ...

Scientists recently discovered deadly bacteria in DNA from Napoleon's soldiers' teeth, revealing new causes of death during ...

Body odor is an unpleasant fact of life that we’ve all experienced in some way. Bacteria in the armpit have long been known to be the stinky culprits, and now scientists have discovered a “BO enzyme” ...