A drug-resistant type of bacteria that has adapted to health care settings evolved in the past several years to weaponize an antimicrobial genetic tool, eliminating its cousins and replacing them as ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new research using a microfluidic device that more closely duplicates the fluid ...

There are a couple potential explanations for distinctive markings found on a Martian rock, but new evidence suggests they ...

In the US, there are only about 80 to 140 brucellosis cases reported each year, and they're mostly caused by B. melitensis and B. abortus. People tend to get infected by eating raw (unpasteurized) ...

To mount an effective government response to anthrax outbreaks in Indonesia's Yogyakarta Special Region, policymakers must understand local cultural practices and economic concerns as central to ...

Ibrahim, Minneapolis, MN Update: investigation of bioterrorism-related anthrax and interim guidelines ... improved activity against Gram-positive bacteria compared with ciprofloxacin may have ...

Anthrax is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis. It is primarily a disease of domestic and wild grazers. “The bacteria survive naturally in soil as spores: a form that ...