Beyond its role in the initiation of digestion, the oral microbiome appears to be key to maintaining both oral and systemic ...

Known for spending much of its life underground, the little-known American burying beetle could hold the key to developing ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

Could a gene regulatory network in gut microbes have evolved its elaborate and tightly regulated molecular machinery only to pump out antibiotics indiscriminately? Researchers from the Institute of ...

Israeli researchers revealed on Tuesday that the way bacteria move plays a direct role in the spread of antibiotic resistance ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that bacterial movement plays a central role in the transfer of ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat that could supplant cancer mortality within a few decades. Researchers at ...

Gut microbiota composition and sex hormones influence the immune response to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus gastrointestinal colonization in mice.

Studies looking at A muciniphila’s interaction with the immune system in mice have revealed that it calms the immune system ...