Transposable elements have proliferated in the bacterium Enterococcus faecium, altering its metabolism and genome structure.

Tularemia is a rare but highly infectious disease caused by Francisella tularensis, a bacterium that can evade immune ...

In the summer of 2023, three states that had rarely worried about flesh-eating bacteria found themselves issuing urgent ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull ...

The findings suggest certain microbes from fermented foods can bind to nanoplastics and help carry them through the digestive ...

Researchers at DTU have developed a new method that can reduce the time needed to find new bacteria for fermentation. They ...

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Researchers have discovered a new bacterium that weakens the immune system in the gut, potentially contributing to certain inflammatory and infectious gut diseases. The team identified the bacterium, ...

With the right genetic tweaks, a bacterium can be turned into a miniature factory that produces large quantities of a colour-changing pigment commonly found in nature 1. Xanthommatin is a pigment that ...

Learn how the bacterium for scarlet fever was found in a pre-Colombian mummy from Bolivia, challenging the history of the ...

Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic — but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. The thin white ...