Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their ...

Alcohol is used in disinfectants (think GermEx), and disinfectants are solely used to kill bacteria. And while we’re playing devil’s advocate, alcohol can also sterilize good bacteria, so it’s a toss ...

A scientist who was working on plague-causing bacteria caught the disease despite using weakened strains that were deemed ...

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.

Researchers engineered bacteria to produce spectral pigments in response to environmental triggers. Using hyperspectral ...

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the cells under a microscope ...

In lab tests, Magnolia essential oil disrupted harmful bacteria and neutralized free radicals, showing promise as a natural ...