When harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning, such as E. coli, invade through the digestive tract, gut cells usually fight ...

Bedding choice is a crucial factor in both cow comfort and udder health, and dairy farms in the Midwest are increasingly ...

While microbes are everywhere in the world, and in our bodies, many are harmless. Others, however, can be very dangerous.

Every year, around 600 million people are struck down by foodborne illnesses. The culprits are often common yet dangerous bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella, that thrive in undercooked or ...

Bacteria use multiple defense mechanisms to survive in the host body. Shigella bacteria that cause colitis disable multiple ...

Pumpkin carvers can use several techniques to slow or prevent the spread of pathogens and help their jack-o’-lanterns last ...

The panels employ PCR techniques to test for numerous gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens using one stool swab.

According to Mishra, the bacterial communities that establish in the first six to 12 months are responsible for allergy risk, ...

French authorities have detected for the first time a microscopic worm that can ravage pine trees, extending the presence of the pathogen in Europe after it spread in Portugal and Spain in recent ...

Escherichia coli (E. coli), a type of bacteria commonly found in the human gut, could spread as quickly as swine flu, new ...

A microscopic organism that thrives in the most inhospitable environments on the planet could become a weapon against fire ...

However, new research by scientists working at the Institut Pasteur’s Microbial Paleogenomics Unit finds two previously ...