Your bath towel, often perceived as clean, can quickly become a breeding ground for bacteria after just a few uses. Experts ...

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A long-term genomic study reveals that cholera bacteria are engaged in a dynamic evolutionary struggle with viruses that infect them, influencing both disease severity and global spread.

A Université de Montréal study has found a previously unknown mechanism in bacterial reproduction that could be attacked by ...

We often hear about bacteria, but what exactly are they? A bacterium is a living organism that consists of a single cell (unicellular). It has one DNA molecule that forms a chromosome. Bacteria can ...

Food poisoning is never a fun experience. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you’ll bite into something bad and realize soon enough to spit it out. Other times, you’ll only realize your mistake much later.

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Doctors have long been warned to go easy on antibiotics and sulfa drugs. When used with routine frequency, such germ killers may defeat their own purpose by leading to ever more resistant germs. Now ...

The taste of chocolates from different regions is usually attributed to the geography of the cocoa used. However, a group of international scientists has claimed that the microorganisms involved in ...