How the new bacteria group was detected, with its novel genetic variant of antibiotic resistance, is described in a study published in the journal, Frontiers in Microbiology.

Technical Terms Lactic Acid Bacteria: A group of Gram-positive bacteria that ferment sugars to produce lactic acid, crucial for food fermentation and preservation.

A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a virtual Gram staining technique that could transform how microbiologists stain and classify bacteria ...

Bacteria are survivors, and they can find ways to get around stuff we use to kill them, like disinfectants and antibiotics. Scientists and clinicians are constantly trying to stay a step ahead of ...

A mechanism of antiviral immunity in bacteria has been characterized. A research team from Umeå University (Sweden) has uncovered a mechanism for how bacteria build up antiviral immunity against ...

They were looking for natural molecules that might be used to fight antibiotic resistance. This effort revealed that curcumin, a molecule that is found in turmeric, as well as emodin from rhubarb, can ...

From hot springs to rocks deep beneath the ocean floor, bacteria thrive in the unlikeliest of places. Now, Manuel Porcar, a microbiologist at the University of Valencia and the chief executive officer ...

New class of antimicrobials discovered in soil bacteria Scientists have mined Streptomyces for antibiotics for nearly a century, but the newly identified umbrella toxin escaped notice Date: April ...

Biologist Hans Christian Gram devised one of the most important staining techniques used in microbiology to identify bacteria under a microscope ...

Swabs of 30 microwave ovens in different settings identified over 100 bacterial species, some of which could be pathogenic or cause food-borne disease.