These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

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

Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively ...

Some viruses, known as bacteriophages, only infect bacterial cells, often destroying those bacteria in the process. Bacteria, in turn, can develop defenses against these viruses. Bacteriophages or ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua W. Modell ...

Share on Pinterest The CDC issued a warning over a multi-drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” that’s been surging in the United States. Getty Images A new CDC report found a sharp increase in ...

The U.S. is witnessing a troubling rise in infections caused by bacteria carrying the NDM gene — dubbed “nightmare bacteria”— which one expert says poses a "grave danger" to public health. Infection ...

Infection rates from “nightmare” drug-resistant bacteria have skyrocketed in the United States, scientists warned this week. Cases of patients infected with the gnarly bacteria rose an alarming 70% ...

Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. Bacteria that are ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Infection rates from drug-resistant "nightmare bacteria" rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists.

Infection rates from drug-resistant "nightmare bacteria" rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. Bacteria that are ...

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