Live bacteria from the digestive system can travel directly into the brain when the intestinal barrier is weakened. This ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of biology’s most intensively studied molecular machines. Bacteria move through ...

Groundbreaking Data Announced during Poster Presentations at Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2021 and Being Published in Upcoming August Issue of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease ...

Basic, acidic, basic again: for pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, the human digestive tract is a sea of change. So how do the bacteria manage to react to these changes? A team of researchers has ...

Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.

For doctors in training, death becomes a familiar part of hospital life—but every so often, the loss of one patient changes everything. Scientia Associate Professor Natalia Castaño Rodríguez was a ...

A new study links bacterial viability to carbonate production in MICP, offering insights for the use of aged bacteria in sustainable soil improvement techniques.

Bacteriophage T7, a virus that preys on E. coli, becomes a more effective killer after spending time aboard the International Space Station, according to new research from University of ...

Now scientists in Japan believe they may have discovered an important reason why some constipation treatments do not work.