A protein she designed appears to be one of the most promising responses yet to the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Fermented foods are foods that have been through a process in which natural bacteria feed on the sugar and starch in the food creating lactic acid.

When mascara and eye make-up are not removed, they also hold bacteria and the mascara can clog the hair follicles and oil glands on the eyelids.

CHENNAI: The word ‘bacteria’ has always had a negative connotation.

Tuberculosis is a major global public health problem. Treatment often takes many months and till this day there is no effective vaccine.

We carry large quantities of intestinal bacteria with us.

more-in When Columbus first discovered America, he brought to the land not just people, but a host of plants, animals, viruses and bacteria, leadin

Schenectady -- “She likes to do things that really ain't safe for her anymore at her age,” said James Murphy.

Bacterial resistance does not always come through adaptation to antibiotics, the bacteria sometimes goes to sleep.

Blood poisoning is still fatal in more than 50% of cases, but can be cured if treated at an early stage.

Protists are predators of bacteria, and they help shape soil communities by munching on bacteria (sorry, bacteria).

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Bacterial resistance does not come just through adaptation to antibiotics. Sometimes the bacteria simply go to sleep.

NEW DELHI: Deep inside a cave where entry is restricted, scientists have found a bacterium that is resistant to 18 different antibiotics.

A Schenectady nursing home has reported high levels of Legionella bacteria in its water system, though there have been no reported illnesses relate

The bacteria in the soil excrete a specific smell, to communicate with each other.

The deadly bacteria reportedly linked to the Flint, Mich., water crisis could be prevented in other cities, using the discovery of a Northeastern e

The link between gut bacteria and mood and anxiety received strong scientific support during a series of presentations at the recent meeting of the

Certain microbes in a woman's uterus could scupper her chances of becoming pregnant through IVF, a ground-breaking study claims.

Sepsis, or blood poisoning, is no joke. More than half the people who contract the condition end up in the morgue.

In fact, this remedy is an antibiotic which has the power to kill gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

Bacteria carrying a gene that grants resistance against a powerful antibiotic have been found on a pig farm in the United States, researchers repor

The micromorphology of bacterial strain Lactococcuslactis subsp. lactis is under the light microscope (magnification of 1,000 times).

The campaign for Lifebuoy highlights just how much bacteria can be found on everyday objects Global innovation group The Electric Factory continues