Researchers have developed a new method for preventing bacteria from adhering to surfaces, such as medical devices. It relies ...

Scientists have reported use of antibacterial coatings made from resilin-mimetic proteins to fully block bacteria from attaching to a surface. A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to ...

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

Learn more about Yersinia pestis, the bacteria behind the ‘Black Death,' which changed over time to cause less virulent, but ...

Bacterial pathogenesis is the process by which bacteria infect and cause disease in a host. Not all bacteria are pathogens and have the ability for pathogenesis (also known as virulence).

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