The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

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

People and animals are very susceptible to infections from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the bacterium that causes ...

Plants are quietly borrowing tricks from bacteria, repurposing foreign genes to build complex molecules that look a lot like ...

In peer-reviewed study on mice, Technion scientists say novel method using harmless microneedle patches 'opens the door' to ...

Researchers have devised a method for investigating how effective antibiotics are against different bacterial strains.

A bizarre bacteria has been discovered with an ability previously thought impossible for its kind. This strange discovery could shine a light on how some of our earliest single-celled ancestors formed ...

Scientists have discovered that a very common microbe that grows in many places, including human skin, can directly cause itchiness by affecting nerve cells. In microbial communities, balance often ...