Sequencing bacterial genomes allows scientists to study bacterial diversity, immunity, and the human microbiome, but it ...

Researchers have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment.

Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they are to ...

How do bacteria—harmless ones living in our bodies, or those that cause disease—organize their activities? A new study, ...

Fungal infections, such as athlete’s foot and ringworm, occur when one type of fungal microbe becomes too prevalent in one area of the body so that the immune system cannot defeat it. Like many ...

The vaginal flora is the bacteria that live inside the vagina. The normal vaginal flora is dominated by various lactobacillus species. Lactobacilli help to keep the vagina healthy by producing lactic ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other ...

AI transforms label-free photoacoustic microscopy into confocal microscopy Date: January 17, 2025 Source: Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) Summary: In life sciences, confocal ...

Recently, mass spectrometry methods have been developed that are tailored to the rapid classification and identification of bacteria and other microorganisms. MALDI-based protein mass pattern ...