Most species of bacteria can be broadly divided into two groups, known as gram-positive and gram-negative. These categories reflect big differences in the microbes' biology, and they also dictate ...

Elements similar to SaPIs have been detected in related Gram-positive bacteria, prompting a name change to phage-related chromosomal islands (PRCIs). PRCIs are normally quiescent until they are ...

An antibiotic developed some 80 years ago before being abandoned and forgotten could again offer exciting new solutions, this ...

Researchers have discovered a new cell division pathway in MRSA that enables high-level resistance to β-lactam antibiotics, ...

Decades ago, scientists looking for an alternative to animal testing cloned factor C, the horseshoe crab protein that senses ...

1. Consistent management routines – Feeding calves at the same time, every day, can help prevent clostridia flare-ups.

And the PM10 and PM2.5 levels were more than the recommended value of the National Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

This electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention depicts two, round-shaped, ...

Among the bacteria identified were gram-positive cocci, which can lead to skin infections, and antibiotic-resistant gram-negative rods. The study noted that free weights had 362 times more bacteria ...

This electron microscopic image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and prevention depicts two, round-shaped, Gram-positive, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.(AP) Doctors in North Texas say ...

The lab has two main focuses: 1) Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria and their response to oxidative stresses produced by the mammalian host Our bacterium of interest is Group B Streptococcus ...