A new study reveals that biofilms in washing machines may contain potential pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, posing ...

This ability may allow the bacteria to persist longer on hospital surfaces and inside medical devices—areas once assumed to ...

The common hospital-acquired, antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection is known to cause infections ... aeruginosa can use broken-down plastic fragments to form tougher biofilms—coatings of protective ...

Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with 559,000 yearly deaths worldwide, and many of them come from hospital-acquired ...

This bacterium is a common cause of infections in hospitals, and now researchers are a step closer to understanding why.

Analysis of swabs from China's Tiangong Space Station has revealed a new strain of bacteria sporting new adaptations for ...

The recently discovered bacterium Staphylococcus borealis, named after the Northern Lights, turns out to be resistant to several classes of antibiotics. The elderly are especially at risk.

Demark researchers learned that antibiotic resistant DNA can survive on the surface of minerals which may increase the spread ...

After each washing, DNA sequencing of biofilm samples from inside the machines revealed the presence of potentially ...

A new study published in the Journal of Oral Biosciences showed that electrical stimulation (ES) applied to titanium or ...

A lot of medical students at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences conduct research during the summer after their first year of medical school, but not many get to be co-authors of an ...