The reproduction rates of the bacteria in one's gut may be a good indicator of health or disease, scientists say. In their examination of human microbiome data, the research group found that ...

Bacteria are able to develop resistance to antibiotics in a number of ways. They can exploit existing defense systems to react to new antibiotics, but they also regularly take advantage of genetic ...

One species of bacteria seems to get many of the perks of sexual reproduction without actually having sex, a new study finds. Different strains of bacteria called Mycobacterium smegmatis swap large, ...

In our weekly feature, "Doc Talk", Pediatric Emergency doctor, Clint Pollack from Valley Children's Hospital talks about an urgent threat to a child's health. Antibiotics are used to fight infections ...

Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have discovered a "clockwork" mechanism that controls cell division in bacteria. In two publications, in "Nature Communications" und "PNAS", ...

New research shows bacteria form distinct species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange via homologous recombination. When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many microbes -- like plants ...

When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many bacteria—like plants and animals—are organized into species, he upended a ...