Quorum sensing helps beneficial bacteria reign in their pathogenic origins

New approach can transform gram-positive antibiotics to drugs that can also kill gram-negative microbes

Bacteria-laden sponges and poor raw meat storage main culprits

For more than 10 years, University of Adelaide researchers have been investigating the role of microorganisms in gold transformation

Researchers have decoded a molecular mechanism that inhibits the swarming motility of bacterial populations

A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of bacteriology has shown the first proof that a certain group of amoeba called dictyostelids can penetrate biofilms and eat the bacteria within

Goal is to lessen the reliance on antibiotics

Communities found to coordinate feeding to streamline efficiency

Researchers' invention uses bacteria, sunlight, water, and air to make fertilizer in the very soil where crops are grown.

The system consists of tanks of fiber membranes that catch and hold contaminants—dirt, organic particles, bacteria, and viruses—while letting water filter through