Bacteriology

New polymer may pave the way for developing drugs to which bacteria are significantly less resistant, a breakthrough that could save hundreds of thousands of lives each yearCredit: Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)…

Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis, are linked to abnormalities of the gut microbiota in humans and in animals. Patients generally present reduced bacterial diversity in their intestinal…

Using a massive dataset drawn from the genomes of hundreds of people, a team of Princeton researchers identified two microbes that function as powerful antibiotics.Credit: Reprinted with permission from Sakimoto, Camacho et al., Science…

Findings may inform ways to reduce male-to-female HIV transmission WHAT: Nano-sized vesicles released by certain bacteria that inhabit the vagina may protect against HIV infection, suggests a study of human cells and tissues by…

ERC Consolidator Grant for HIRI researcher Chase BeiselCredit: Mario Schmitt Chase Beisel heads the "Synthetic Biology of RNA" research group at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg, a branch…

At the University of Konstanz, the research team around chemist Thomas Böttcher studies the chemistry of the interactions between phages and bacteria We humans are populated by a huge number and variety of microbes. At least as numerous,…

Credit: University of Otago University of Otago researchers have discovered how viruses that specifically kill bacteria can outwit bacteria by hiding from their defences, findings which are important for the development of new…

Credit: Photo Credit: Jennifer Beatty In the waves offshore of Southern California, germ warfare occurs in a struggle as old as life itself. It's where USC marine biologists completed a comprehensive new study that shows the…

Penn study finds vancomycin's effect on gut microbiome in mice can boost immune responseCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The antibiotic vancomycin alters the gut microbiome in a way that can help prime the immune system to more…

Credit: Robyn Roberts et al. When a plant senses an invading pathogen, it activates a molecular signaling cascade that switch on its defense mechanisms. One such mechanism involves sacrificing host cells to the pathogen. This is a…