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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Virus-built silver nanoparticles kill drug-resistant bacteria at ultra-low doses and slow resistance development by 10-fold.