Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across ...

Resistance to antimicrobial agents is rising among human infections with Escherichia coli bacteria that produce the Shiga ...

Although the researchers did not create an entire cell that could function without a crucial building block, the findings ...

When harmful bacteria that cause food poisoning, such as E. coli, invade through the digestive tract, gut cells usually fight back by pushing infected cells out of the body to stop the infection from ...

Interestingly, the bursting cell caused depressurization of both left and right daughter cells, indicating that the cells were not completely separated internally. This observation suggests that ...

An Austrian consortium reports that they’ve developed the world’s first fully integrated and automated process for producing recombinant proteins using E.coli. Recombinant protein manufacturer enGenes ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — News of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald's stores across several states that has resulted in dozens of people sick and the death of at least one person spread quickly Tuesday ...

Current optical and electron microscopy imaging techniques are not suited for measuring the dynamic characteristics of living microorganisms at tiny scales due to complex sample preparation methods or ...

Live bacteria can be applied in cancer therapy given their ability to deplete nutrients and induce cell death in tumors. However, the interaction between bacteria and tumor cells is risky and can ...

Cranberry juice may help antibiotics combat resistant bacteria that cause urinary tract infections in millions each year.