Gram-negative bacteria, notorious for their intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms, pose a significant threat to public health. The emergence of ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

There are many forms of Escherichia coli. Many are harmless members of the gut microbiome, but others can cause serious ...

University of Delaware’s Molly Sutherland, assistant professor of biological sciences, has received a $1.38 million National ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

With news this week that childhood exposure to E. coli bacteria may be partly responsible for the sharp rise in bowel cancer among under-fifties, most of us are asking what we can do to protect ...

Colon cancer is hitting long before the usual screening age. If you could ID who's at risk, you could screen early and save ...

“It’s genuinely surprising that the add-on gives vancomycin any ability at all to hit gram negatives,” says Kim Lewis, an ...

While toilets are often considered the worst offender when it comes to surfaces that contain harmful bacteria, many people ...

Scientists from Turkey have designed a next-generation implantable biosensor using genetically engineered E. coli for ...

This toxin, called colibactin, is made by certain strains of E. coli and other microbes that naturally live in the human gut.

The 17-year-old patient, clad in a light blue, patterned hospital gown and her pink and purple bonnet, sat in a hospital ...