The "flesh-eating" bacteria vibrio vulnificus are prompting health officials to close beaches across the U.S. this summer.

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

Prof. Hening Lin brings expertise in enzymes to UChicago, bridging scientists, engineers and doctors to translate research to ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

H. pylori (Heliobacter pylori) is a type of bacteria that infects your stomach. It can damage the tissue in your stomach and the first part of your small intestine (the duodenum). In some cases it can ...

By contrast, bacteria exposed to PMB showed blebbing and a disrupted outer membrane, which is typical for this membrane-targeting antibiotic (red arrows, Figure 7 b), and those treated with the ...

Harmful Algae Blooms, Bacteria Close These Putnam County Beaches Several popular swimming areas in Putnam County have been temporarily shut down due to harmful algae blooms and elevated bacterial ...

Scientists used patterned plastic surfaces to trick bacteria into halting their own spread. These designs may prevent infections without the need for antimicrobial drugs. Scientists at the University ...

But according to a recent report, Pennsylvania is one of the top five worst states when it comes to bacterial contamination in retail meat.