Scientists took 10 years to figure out how one type of superbug gains its ability to infect diverse bacterial species. When ...

coli – a faecal bacterium that can cause diarrhoea – are more likely to have this superbug living inside their own gut, research has found. In that study, the surfers’ health wasn’t assessed. The ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

Microplastics are accumulating in vital organs and promoting antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which can prolong diseases ...

The samples come from areas typically covered in sugarcane bagasse, and the analyzed bacteria were not subjected to a laboratory phase of selection or breeding. The research process spanned from ...

“Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they’re super sticky and they allow the bacteria to respond to any antimicrobial assault by enemies such as antibiotics. Once that ...

“Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they’re super sticky and they allow the bacteria to respond to any antimicrobial assault by enemies such as antibiotics. Once that ...