Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

You must have noticed the sudden change in pitch of a siren on a police car zooming past. That’s the Doppler effect. Scientists at Purdue University have now used the Doppler effect to look inside ...

Gram-negative bacteria cause a variety of infectious diseases in plants and animals alike. Outbreaks of Salmonella and E. coli infections often make headlines due to their severity, and people have to ...

Hologic, Inc. HOLX recently received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Panther Fusion Gastrointestinal (GI) Bacterial and Expanded Bacterial Assays. Additionally, the assays obtained CE marking in the ...

Antibiotics usually save lives—but against some bacteria, they can make things worse. That’s the case with the Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli, where bacterial death releases a flood of a ...

A trusted and essential resource for more than four decades, Laboratory Guide for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria returns in a fully updated fourth edition. This guide remains the most ...

Researchers developed a CRISPR and single-molecule microarray test that quantifies Candida auris and detects antifungal resistance in under 40 minutes. The assay provides rapid, precise results from ...

A pathogen is a term that refers to a microorganism that causes disease in an organism. Pathogenicity is the ability of the pathogen to produce disease. Pathogenicity is expressed by microbes using ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

A pathogen is a living thing that causes disease. Viruses and bacteria can be pathogens, but there are also other types of pathogens. Every single living thing, even bacteria themselves, can get ...