Slippery, drippy goop makes Ralstonia bacteria devastating killers of plants, causing rapid wilting in tomato, potato, and a ...

Bacteria are aggressive creatures that try to kill their competitors and prosper their stock in a variety of ways. It turned out that such bacteria 'perform a large-scale suicide attack.' One of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A peer-reviewed study is raising alarms about the role our waste and wastewater systems play in spreading ...

Many recoil at the thought of tap water, but it may be the safer option In A Nutshell Water dispensers and office coolers ...

In patients with cystic fibrosis, CMTX-101, an immune-enabling antibody therapy, lowered four inflammatory biomarkers and ...

Research shows a sugar-based coating secreted by a soil-dwelling bacterium flows easily inside plant water vessels, letting infections spread fast.

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UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists said they developed a way to learn where an individual has been based on their bacterial "fingerprint". A new study from Lund University published in Genome Biology and ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the bacteria ...

Utah microbiologist Tim Call grossed out his TikTok followers with an eye-opening test of just what happens to food after it falls on the grond. Time to drop the five-second rule — it could be making ...

You may want to think twice before ordering extra ice at a restaurant. Restaurant inspectors from Northern Nevada Public Health frequently make note of a "pink substance" or "black buildup" on ice ...