Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

Gut microbiome researcher Purna C. Kashyap, MBBS, shares the latest insights on the role of probiotics, disorders of the ...

New study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different “shutdown modes,” not just the classic idea of dormancy. The researchers show that some cells enter ...

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way ...

People with sleep disorders share gut microbiome patterns tied to fiber and inflammation, pointing to a possible link between ...

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Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...