A new analysis shows that infectious bacteria exposed to the antibiotic albicidin rapidly develop up to a 1,000-fold increase in resistance via a gene amplification mechanism. A new analysis shows ...

Two newly discovered mechanisms in bacteria have been identified that can contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance. Changing the number of copies of resistance genes in bacteria ...

Researchers report how Paenibacillus avoids harm by its own antibiotic — information that is crucial for developing new drug ...

Antibiotic resistance is a significant and growing medical problem worldwide. Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and collaborators have found a novel genetic arrangement that may ...

Last fall, more than 100 people in 14 states got sick after eating at McDonald’s. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traced the outbreak to raw onions on the quarter-pounder hamburger, ...

As more and more bacteria develop resistance to the drugs designed to kill them, a new study has found that even a relatively new antibiotic isn’t immune. Researchers have uncovered a gene ...

As antibiotic resistance continues to escalate globally, understanding how bacteria can evade treatment is more critical than ever. Some bacteria can enter dormant states, during which they are not ...

Tellurium nanoparticles have emerged as a promising area of research at the interface of materials science and microbiology. These nanomaterials form when certain bacteria detoxify toxic tellurite by ...

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has already had wide-ranging implications and applications in health and medical innovation, advancing areas including personalized medicine, ...

Scientists describe a new mechanism impacting the phage-bacterial arms race, a nanosized epibiotic parasite, TM7x, which helps its host bacterium (a Schaalia odontolytica strain called XH001) achieve ...