A new study finds that bacteria can actively block the transfer of beneficial genes to neighboring cells, using specialized ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Human Frontier Science Program Foundation (HFSP) has awarded a highly competitive international research grant to Prof. Orna ...

Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant, which is to say that some may be able to evade the effects of antibiotics, while ...

Researchers at Durham have helped unlock new understanding of how bacteria import antimicrobial peptides - the molecules that ...