Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ...

The world urgently needs new antibiotics. In 2019 alone, antibiotic-resistant bacteria killed more than 4.5 million people ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

Dead bacteria release an enzyme that breaks down their contents into nutrients for other bacteria, highlighting a novel ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

A research team has, for the first time in the world, revealed the identity and differentiation process of human cervical ...

Trying to predict how bacteria will spread is like predicting the flight of a leaf in a windstorm—it's a complicated and ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

The molecule was found in soil samples collected from a laboratory technician’s garden. The discovery shows that “there is ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria—such as how ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...