Various bacteria of the genus Bacillus have been used extensively as biotechnological production platforms for recombinant proteins such as industrial enzymes, as well as antibiotics, insecticides, ...

SEASIDE PARK -- A bayfront beach was closed June 18 after numerous waste tests showed high levels of fecal bacteria contamination, according to state environmental officials.

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have discovered surface patterns that can drastically reduce bacteria's ability to multiply on plastics, which means that infections on medical devices ...

Of the 164 reported cases between 1963 and 2020, only four have survived. In 2021, 3-year-old Bakari Williams died after contracting the bacteria while playing at an Arlington splash pad.

The good bacteria seem to be coming from the end of the mother's digestive system, an idea known in the field as the "first lick". "I feel pretty confident in saying that vaginal seeding is not a ...

I think that's where the next frontier is." More information: Dynamic fluid layer around immotile yeast colonies mediates the spread of bacteria, Biophysical Journal (2025).

video: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the ...