Bacteria News
June 13, 2025
Top Headlines
June 12, 2025 — Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of the entire ecosystem. A fascinating new study shows these bustling fish stations influence which microbes move around the ...
June 2, 2025 — Researchers have synthesized a new compound called infuzide that shows activity against resistant strains of ...
June 2, 2025 — Scientists have reported use of antibacterial coatings made from resilin-mimetic proteins to fully block bacteria from attaching to a surface. A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to boot out bacteria cells, with lab results ...
May 28, 2025 — A new study shows that planting too much genetically modified corn designed to fight off a tough insect -- the corn rootworm -- especially in the eastern U.S. Corn Belt states may be causing more harm than ...
May 28, 2025 — 'Biomarkers' may help to improve detection and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases such as gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, and inflammatory bowel ...
May 29, 2025 — Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of ...
May 28, 2025 — The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers have now shown for the first time that intestinal bacteria and their metabolites contribute directly to vascular aging. As people age, the bacterial ...
May 23, 2025 — Daylight can boost the immune system's ability to fight ...
May 22, 2025 — The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) may have an 'on-off switch' that lets them pause and restart growth, according to a new study. The research helps explain why TB is so hard to treat with ...
May 22, 2025 — Researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it to fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin ...
May 21, 2025 — Antimicrobial resistance is a growing issue in aquaculture. Researchers discovered that combinations of bacteria from live-feed microalgae are capable of inhibiting ...
May 21, 2025 — A study has uncovered a surprising link between diet, intestinal microbes and the efficacy of cancer ...
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May 22, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ticks, and how it ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new way to reduce obesity. Supplying the gut with extra acetate reduces fat and liver mass in both normal and obese mice, as long as bacteria of the Bacteroides species ...
May 21, 2025 — New research demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for vaccines and antiviral ...
May 20, 2025 — To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a research team has studied ancient timekeeping systems. They examined the ...
May 19, 2025 — The body defends itself against pathogens by depriving them of vital iron. However, this strategy doesn't always succeed against Salmonella. Researchers have discovered that these bacteria ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have shown that the evolution of a family of exported proteins in the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum enabled it to infect ...
May 19, 2025 — Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't know the full ...
May 16, 2025 — Researchers describe a fundamental mechanism of antibiotic resistance. What happens in a bacterium that is resistant to the antibiotic fusidic acid? With a stop-motion movie at the atomic level, they ...
May 16, 2025 — Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial ...
May 15, 2025 — Thetis cells, a class of immune cells first described in 2022, play an essential and previously unknown role in suppressing inflammatory responses to food, a new study ...
Earlier Headlines
May 14, 2025 — An international team of researchers has discovered saarvienin A, a new type of glycopeptide antibiotic. Their findings introduce a compound with strong activity against highly resistant bacterial ...
May 12, 2025 — Research shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment for their young, known as puggles, ...
May 9, 2025 — The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills, and thereby accelerating the elimination of the pollution, in many cases. It does this by ...
May 9, 2025 — A scientist decided to find out why a bacterial infection makes fruit flies promiscuous. What he discovered could help curb mosquito-borne diseases and manage crop ...
May 9, 2025 — New research shows that the gum disease bacterium P. gingivalis can slip into the bloodstream and infiltrate the heart. There, it quietly drives scar tissue buildup -- distorting the heart's ...
May 8, 2025 — Researchers showed that some spinach defensins can confer similar protection to citrus and potatoes -- and possibly other crops. The effects show significant progress toward recovering yield and ...
May 8, 2025 — Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It ...
May 8, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a type of molecule that can kill chlamydia bacteria but spare bacteria that are important for health. The discovery opens the door for further research towards developing ...
May 7, 2025 — The recently discovered bacterium Staphylococcus borealis, named after the Northern Lights, turns out to be resistant to several classes of antibiotics. The elderly are especially at ...
May 7, 2025 — Bacterial resistance negates the effect of antibiotics in the treatment of infection. Using mouse models, researchers now show that if antibiotics are administered with an enzyme called endolysin, ...
May 6, 2025 — Researchers have developed AI technology that can detect patterns in gut bacteria to identify complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) with remarkable accuracy, potentially transforming how CRPS is ...
May 6, 2025 — Researchers show how mice fed a Western-style diet are not able to rebuild a 'healthy,' diverse gut microbiome following antibiotic treatment. These mice were also more susceptible to ...
May 6, 2025 — Scientists have identified essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to 'displace' antibiotic resistance genes from ...
May 6, 2025 — A new study shows that adding fruit and microbes to alfalfa, a protein-rich feed for livestock, improves fermentation and biogas ...
May 5, 2025 — The Min protein system prevents abnormal cell division in bacteria, but is poorly understood. Researchers have uncovered how engineered e.coli bacteria control protein levels for maximum ...
May 5, 2025 — Chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world's deadliest pathogen. This labeling could lead to simpler, faster TB ...
May 5, 2025 — Could the artificial introduction of oxygen revitalise dying coastal waters? While oxygenation approaches have already been proven successful in lakes, their potential side effects must be carefully ...
May 5, 2025 — Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans, according to a six-year study that also discovered a ...
May 1, 2025 — A team has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a natural process that pushes electrons into their surroundings instead of breathing on oxygen. The findings could ...
May 1, 2025 — A new approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut in mice at significantly lower doses than current inflammatory bowel disease treatments. The proof-of-concept study introduced a ...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Bacterium Produces 'organic Dishwashing Liquid' To Degrade Oil
- Can Frisky Flies Save Human Lives?
- Heart Rhythm Disorder Traced to Bacterium Lurking in Our Gums
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Researchers Find New Defense Against Hard-to-Treat Plant Diseases
- Bacteria: Recording Gene Activity More Efficiently
- Discovery Opens Up for New Ways to Treat Chlamydia
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Discovery of Antibiotic Resistance in Newly Identified Bacterium
- Researchers Restore Antibiotic Effect in the Event of Resistance
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Breakthrough Discovery Uses Gut Bacteria and AI to Diagnose a Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Food as Medicine: How Diet Shapes Gut Microbiome Health
- Research Advances on 'displacing' Antibiotic Resistance Gene from Bacteria
- Fruit and Microbes Boost Biogas Production and Fermentation
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Min Proteins for Max Efficiency During Cell Division
- New Molecular Label Could Lead to Simpler, Faster Tuberculosis Tests
- Artificial Oxygen Supply in Coastal Waters: A Hope With Risks
- Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Electricity-Generating Bacteria May Power Future Innovations
- A Digestive 'treasure Chest' Shows Promise for Targeted Drug Treatment in the Gut
- Study of Facial Bacteria Could Lead to Probiotics That Promote Healthy Skin
- Designer Microbe Shows Promise for Reducing Mercury Absorption from Seafood
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Protein Sources Change the Gut Microbiome -- Some Drastically
- Hiding in Plain Sight: Researchers Uncover the Prevalence of 'curiosity' Virus
Monday, April 28, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- The Antibiotic That Takes the Bite out of Lyme
- Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome May Be Driven by Remnants of Infection
- How Bacteria in Our Aging Guts Can Elevate Risk of Leukemia and Perhaps More
- Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young
- Bacteria Killing Material Creates Superbug Busting Paint
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- New Species of Electricity-Conducting Organism, Name It After Tribe
- Oil Cleanup Agents Do Not Impede Natural Biodegradation
- Using Blue Light to Fight Drug-Resistant Infections
Monday, April 21, 2025
- More Ticks Carry Lyme Disease Bacteria in Pheasant-Release Areas
- Experimental Cancer Drug Could Streamline Standard Tuberculosis Treatment and Prevent Post-TB Lung Disease, Study Suggests
- How Bacteria Use Sneaky Chemistry to Disable Plant Defenses
- A Light-Activated Probe Reveals TB Immune System Evasion Mechanisms
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- New Giant Virus Isolated
- Living Fungus-Based Building Material Repairs Itself for Over a Month
- Structural Images of a Tuberculosis-Fighting Virus
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Gut Microbes Release Cancer-Fighting Bile Acids That Block Hormone Signals
- Phages: Molecular-Scale Components of Head, Tail Tube, Tail Tip
Monday, April 14, 2025
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Scientists Develop Process Using Molecules in the Cell to Identify Environmental Signals
- Genes in Bacterial Genomes Are Arranged in a Meaningful Order
- A New Tool for Parsing the 'metabolic Dialogue' Between Microorganisms
- In Croatia's Freshwater Lakes, Selfish Bacteria Hoard Nutrients
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Certain Nasal Bacteria May Boost the Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Study Finds
- With New Database Researchers May Be Able to Predict Rare Milky Seas Bioluminescent, Glowing Event
- From Bacterial Immunity to Plant Sex
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
- Discovery of Bacteria's Defense Against Viruses Becomes a Piece of the Puzzle Against Resistance
- Research Uncovers Hidden Spread of One of the Most Common Hospital-Associated Infections
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- New Vaccine Concept Tackles Harmful Bacteria in the Intestine
- Machine Learning Helps Construct an Evolutionary Timeline of Bacteria
- Antibiotic Resistance Among Key Bacterial Species Plateaus Over Time
- Precision Medicine Could Be Possible in the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
- Some Gut Bacteria Could Make Certain Drugs Less Effective
- An Answer to Green Energy in Hydrogen-Generating Marine Microbes
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- The Evolution of Low-Temperature Adapted Enzymes
- Scientists Unlock Frogs' Antibacterial Secrets to Combat Superbugs
- C. Diff Uses Toxic Compound to Fuel Growth Advantage
Monday, March 24, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
- Origin of Life: How Microbes Laid the Foundation for Complex Cells
- How Bacteria 'vaccinate' Themselves With Genetic Material from Dormant Viruses
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Team Finds Regional, Age-Related Trends in Exposure to Drug-Resistant Pathogen
- How an Organelle Evolves
- Sulfur Bacteria Team Up to Break Down Substances in the Seabed
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Helicobacter Pylori Treatment Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region
- Scientists Discover Protein Key to Bacteria's Survival in Extreme Environments
- FDA-Approved Dialysis Drug May Help Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
- To Overcome Antibiotic Resistance, New Research Says to Let It Flow
- Universal RNA Barcoding System for Tracking Gene Transfer in Bacteria
- Bacteria Invade Brain After Implanting Medical Devices
Monday, March 17, 2025
- From Order to Chaos: Understanding the Principles Behind Collective Motion in Bacteria
- Without Oxygen: How Primordial Microbes Breathed
- New Strategy to Reduce Tissue Damage from Flesh-Eating Bacteria
- Researchers Demonstrate New Technique for Boosting Plant Growth With Bacteria
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- The Relationship Between Gut Microbiota, Immunoglobulin A, and Vaccine Efficacy
- New CRISPRs Expand Upon the Original's Abilities
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Bacterial 'jumping Genes' Can Target and Control Chromosome Ends
- New Discovery to Accelerate Strep A Vaccine Efforts
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Throat Microbiome Holds Clues to Older Australians' Health
- New STI Impacts 1 in 3 Women: Landmark Study Reveals Men Are the Missing Link
- Packets of Freeze-Dried Bacteria Grow Biocement on Demand
- Researchers Use a 'Trojan Horse' Approach to Develop New Antimalarial Drugs
- Damaged but Not Defeated: Bacteria Use Nano-Spearguns to Retaliate Against Attacks
- TB Vaccine Candidate Provides 'elite' Protection
- Possible Biomarker Identified for Crohn's Disease With Arthritis Type