The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

A new single cell-based screening tool evaluates how well antibiotics kill bacteria and may help researchers determine which ...

Probiotics are microbes that pacify your immune system and prevent the collateral damage from an overactive inflammatory response. Here’s how to put them to work.

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

Researchers have unseated a previous theory for the mechanism underlying bacterial flagella movement, changing our ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate ...

Using robots and click chemistry, scientists built potential active ingredients for future antibiotics that contain metal. An ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...