Bacteria can sneakily evade our best efforts at eradication by developing resistance to various pressures in their ...

Earthworms remove 70-95 percent of antibiotic resistance genes from farm manure, making safer fertilizer for crops.

Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician's backyard. The ...

The study reveals that environmental stressors do not merely kill bacteria; they can also prime surviving cells to take up ...

A study published in Frontiers explores the microbial diversity within hospital sink drains across multiple wards over a year-long period, focusing on bacterial communities, species identification, ...

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

The paper argues that glaciers can store antibiotic resistance genes for long periods and that climate-driven melting may ...

Earthworms could become unexpected allies in the global fight against antibiotic resistance, by helping farmers turn manure ...

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

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...

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