Virginia Tech researchers have learned how bacteria manipulate molecules to infect the host organism. Daniel Capelluto and ...

Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of dysentery, manipulates molecular activity to assure its survival against its host's ...

Deep sequencing of bacterial cultures reveals insights into nosocomial infections and antimicrobial resistance, enhancing ...

Airborne microbes travel vast distances on high-altitude winds, raising concerns about the spread of antibiotic-resistant ...

However, these ecosystems are under constant threat from various pathogens that can disrupt their delicate balance. Forest pathogens, including fungi, bacteria, viruses, and even parasitic plants, are ...

It was expected this would include both commensals (not harmful) and pathogenic (disease-causing) strains. This is because of the numbers of pupils in a classroom, the close and prolonged nature of ...

The number of lives lost around the world due to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them ...

Moreover, wildfire disease reduced the diversity and network complexity of plant microbial communities. Interactions among pathogenic bacterial members suggested that Caulobacter and Bosea might be ...

Examining a collection of K. pneumoniae bacteria with mutated versions of genes, the authors identified genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism that markedly reduced K. pneumoniae survival in ...

K Heran Darwin is at New York University Grossman School of Medicine and a regular columnist for EMBO reports.

Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global ...