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At least two listeria cases in the Baltimore area have been tied to ice cream. Learn how to prevent infection, spot symptoms ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, ...

A chemical radar allows bacteria to sense and eliminate predators. Investigating how microorganisms communicate deepens our ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

Inspired by sea sponges, researchers created living micro-lenses from bacteria that may improve medical and industrial ...

Portuguese consortium develops bacteria/ antibiotic resistance test; Simple test will “almost immediately identify” what ...

Researchers are almost ready to start testing a methane-eating bacteria that could help cut emissions from landfills.

Bacterial predators play a crucial role in soil ecology. In a study published in PNAS, scientists used an experimental ...

MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.

Researchers engineered bacteria to produce spectral pigments in response to environmental triggers. Using hyperspectral ...

The bacterium often enters the bloodstream and spinal fluid where bacteria cannot normally be detected. That leads to a sudden decrease in functioning of many organs. STSS can be caused not only ...