The study is published in Nature Microbiology. Once a pathogenic bacterium has entered its host, it turns on a series of defense and attack mechanisms to spread, invade and colonize deeper tissues ...

AgriLife scientists recently uncovered how certain viruses disable bacteria, offering avenues for combating drug-resistant ...

Pregnant women should follow advice that reduces the risk of food poisoning, says a UNSW food safety expert.Thinking of ...

It is odd, though, if this is so, that no saprophytic virus is known. We can imagine a pathogenic bacterium arising by some process of adaptation from the many similar saprophytes existing ...

Consumers in York County that may have purchased raw milk from the Apple Valley Creamery in the past month should discard it due to Campylobacter contamination.

But just as dangerous as this rapid growth can be a bacterium's resting state ... only helps point in possible directions for treating pathogenic bacteria, but also reveals answers for fundamental ...

Typhoid fever, caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi, continues to be a global health concern, especially in regions with ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. New research found that a specific subtype of a ...

The bacterium isn’t necessarily out to hurt ... Genetic signatures associated with more pathogenic H. pylori strains, Peek told me, would help identify those at highest risk, who could most ...

STSS is mainly caused by a bacterium called streptococcus pyogenes, better known as group A streptococcus, which is known to bring on strep throat mainly among children. In some cases, an ...

A start-up firm affiliated with Keio University developed a new food source made of a powdered form of a bacterium used for natto fermented soybeans. The bacterium can be mixed into bread and ...

Depiction of bacteriophage PP7 (orange) at the cell surface of Pseudomonas aeruginosa detaching the bacterium's pilus ... phages dampening the virulence of pathogenic bacteria.