Researchers investigating the enigmatic and antibiotic-resistant Pandoraea bacteria have uncovered a surprising twist: these pathogens don't just pose risks they also produce powerful natural ...

A study reveals how microscopic bacteria can physically alter your cells and wreak havoc.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Bacterial eye infections blind millions globally each year, and current antibiotics increasingly fail to stop them. When bacteria develop resistance to drugs, they can withstand ...

Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" ...

A reexamination of microfossils found in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul shows that the marks previously interpreted as traces of worms or other small oceanic animals are actually ...

Sharks may get all the headlines, but a microscopic bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus is the real hidden danger thriving in ...

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have developed a light-driven technique that quickly amasses thousands of bacteria ...

Starving bacteria (cyan) use a microscopic harpoon—called the Type VI secretion system—to stab and kill neighboring cells (magenta). The prey burst, turning spherical and leaking nutrients, which the ...

Scientists at Arizona State University have uncovered surprising new ways bacteria move, even without their usual whip-like propellers called flagella. In one study, E. coli and salmonella were found ...