Recalcitrant infections are often caused by dormant bacteria, including persisters and viable but nonculturable cells. Here, the authors explore how composition and structure of protein ...

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria. Nine beaches in Sydney were closed by ...

Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other ...

Many stomach diseases are associated with infection, such as with Helicobacter pylori. Common symptoms are nausea, bloating, diarrhoea and abdominal pain.

but the biggest risk factor is having an infection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria. In the United States, it's estimated that 5% of people have gastric intestinal metaplasia and 5% ...

Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Hybrid Luminescent Materials and Photonic Device, MOE Key Laboratory of Material Physics and Chemistry under ...

11 State Scientific Medical Research Institute for Northern Problems of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia Lesions arising from mucosal-associated lymphoid ...

Bismuth was one of the first agents used against H pylori infection. There is evidence that bismuth is directly bactericidal, although its minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) is relatively high ...