Bacteria can sneakily evade our best efforts at eradication by developing resistance to various pressures in their ...

Researchers have unseated a previous theory for the mechanism underlying bacterial flagella movement, changing our ...

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 ...

Respiratory infections are among the leading causes of illness and death in the elderly, driven by immune aging, chronic ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...

Bacteria are also able to communicate with each other through chemical signals, a behavior known as quorum signaling (QS). These chemical signals spread through a biofilm that colonies of bacteria ...

Chronic lung infections pose a disproportionate threat to older adults, yet the biological mechanisms behind age-specific ...