which constitutes 66.67% of all Gram-positive cocci and 14.54% of the total number of mesophilic bacteria. The number of pathogenic actinomycetes (two: one genus and one species) was one ...

These chemical messengers produce inflammation throughout your body. The infection can be due to bacteria in the bloodstream, but sepsis can also be produced by an infection that is present only in ...

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Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria that are insusceptible to medicine are spreading all over the world. This is a serious problem that can be life-threatening for elderly and sick people with a weakened ...

Occasionally, high levels of bacteria can be found in the samples, implying that the water might not be safe to swim in. This prompts local officials to advise people against swimming in the water.

We use them to clean the dishes we eat off, but your kitchen sponge is a damp, crumb-filled environment that is perfect for bacteria to thrive in. Should you opt for a washing up brush instead?

In an unprecedented workaround, biologist Bryan Hsu's team engineered bacteria-eating viruses called phages to infect and reprogram bacterial cells to produce and release a sustained flow of a ...

These molecules can also be obtained from ‘mobile genetic elements’ that can be transferred between bacteria within a population. Pathogenicity islands are one such type of mobile genetic element and ...