Scientists at Weizmann Institute, Hebrew University and Houston's Baylor College of Medicine say patients with more bacteria ...

In natural environments, bacteria rarely live as free-swimming cells but are attached to surfaces as biofilms in medical ...

Bacterial cell wall synthesis and division represent central themes in microbiology, as these processes underpin cellular integrity, morphology and reproduction. The dynamic interplay between the ...

In a previous report, News 12 New Jersey discovered cell phones can carry more bacteria than the average toilet seat. News 12 New Jersey?s Alice Gainer wanted to find out just what was on her two cell ...

Modern eukaryotic cells contain numerous so-called organelles, which once used to be independent bacteria. In order to understand how these bacteria were integrated into the cells in the course of ...

Scientists developed a 20-minute gut bleeding test using bacteria in magnetic gel capsules. The capsules glow upon ...

Bacteria can slip into the brain by commandeering cells in the brain’s protective layers, a new study finds. The results hint at how a deadly infection called bacterial meningitis takes hold. In mice ...

A research team led by Professor Eijiro Miyako at the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced ...

Potentially dangerous staphylococci compete with other bacteria for biotin in the human nasal cavity. This could offer a new ...

Imagine visiting a mangrove in the Caribbean and discovering a human as tall as Mt. Everest. Something like that happened to marine biologist Jean-Marie Volland — except instead of a human, he ...