Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...

Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilize over time, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens ...

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

Could these hypothetical organisms wreak havoc on the world if biologists manage to create them? After a collective of ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant. The new study shows that antibiotic resistance is more easily transmitted between ...

Bacterial vaginosis — a bacterial infection caused by an overgrowth of harmful bacteria that disrupts the pH balance of the vagina — has all the hallmarks of an STI, according to study author ...

When exposed to antibiotics, approximately one out of every 10 8 -10 9 bacteria develops resistance due to spontaneous ...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the most common vaginal infections, yet many women have never even heard of it. It affects about one-in-three women globally, making it more common ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

Bacteria get invaded by viruses called phages. Scientists are studying how bacteria use CRISPR to defend themselves from ...

Acquired resistance genes may allow bacteria to degrade or chemically modify antibiotics, rendering them ineffective. They ...