BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Studying self-replicating genetic units, called plasmids, found in one of the world's widest-ranging pathogenic soil bacteria -- the crown-gall-disease-causing microorganism ...
Researchers say epigenetic phase variation mechanism may explain microbiome resilience and variability and could guide the ...
Drug-resistant superbugs could be beaten by treating diseases with human antibodies, suggests a new study. The overuse of ...
The overuse of antibiotics is increasingly leading to the emergence of infectious superbugs—dangerous bacteria that have ...
The capacity of bacteria to spread disease across the Plant Kingdom may be much more widespread than previously suspected, according to new analysis. The capacity of bacteria to spread disease across ...
A cutting-edge genetic test can rapidly detect and identify almost any kind of disease-causing microorganism in the human body, whether it's a virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite, researchers say.
More than 280,000 people in Germany have multiple sclerosis (MS) and approximately 15,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. This makes MS the most common inflammatory disease of the central nervous ...
An international team of scientists reports that it has unraveled the genetic makeup of 47 strains of known and potential Lyme disease-causing bacteria. The say the work paves the way toward more ...
More than half of deer ticks tested positive for carrying the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, according to a study ...