Some fermenting foods can carry the risk of a bacterium that produces an extremely strong toxin called bongkrekic acid ...

Bacteria rarely feel impressive in everyday life, but when you zoom in, all the way in, they dominate Earth in ways that are ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also ...

A disease that has stalked humanity for millennia may have finally met its match. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen ...

DNA sequencing was revolutionized after scientists discovered a new bacterium in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, and today it's a common research technique. This game-changing bacterium ...

New research conducted on a NASA-discovered bacterium shows the microbe is capable of entering an extreme dormant state, ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. The thin ...

Hospitals around the world are bracing for a future where common infections no longer respond to standard drugs. Among the ...

Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not ...

The largest freshwater bacterium, Achromatium oxaliferum, is highly flexible in its requirements, as researchers have now discovered: It lives in places that differ extremely in environmental ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, ...