Roughly one in three uropathogenic E. coli samples collected by a national laboratory turned out to be resistant to multiple ...

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered what they describe as a "megacluster" of genes in Streptomyces bacteria ...

The incident involved staff in the microbiology lab at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Foresterhill complex.

Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at Uppsala University have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella bacteria infect the human gut. The study opens the door to using cultured ...

What if there were a way to make proteins, enzymes and reagents right in the lab, in small amounts, on demand? Microscopic images of E.coli bacteria. Image courtesy of the Center for Disease Control.

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Engineers and biochemists have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users to confirm contamination in fluids using a biogel test that changes color in the presence of such ...

Scientists have developed a new test that can easily and quickly identify bacteria in any liquid, such as water, milk, or urine. This test uses a type of virus that only insects bacterial cells, ...

A new study from Caltech demonstrates that soil bacteria can adapt under stress, particularly when a key nutrient, phosphorus ...

Chronic psychological stress can help tumors evade immune attack through a chain of molecular events involving gut bacteria ...