Badger. Although badgers have been associated with our coat of arms, the state flag, the University of Wisconsin, the ...

Scientists have discovered a common gut bacterium that lowers body weight and blood sugar while increasing bone density. The ...

He and his colleagues studied the behaviour of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium which causes stubborn infections in people with cystic fibrosis. They suspected it was leading the body to mount ...

Intestinal bacteria are important for human health as they help digest food and regulate immune function. Thus, in recent ...

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Copenhagen has discovered a common gut bacterium that lowers body weight and blood sugar while increasing bone density. The ...

A common bacterium that infects mosquitoes is showing promise as a way to control the spread of dengue fever. Transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, dengue fever kills around 12,500 people a ...

In brief Trichodesmium is a nitrogen-fixing bacterium in the ocean that can form aggregates of thousands of individuals. These aggregates respond to environmental stimuli by changing their shape, ...

The magnetotactic bacterium Magnetococcus marinus lives in marine sediments. Its apparent swimming speed, which is very fast, was previously estimated at 100 μm/s. Spherical in shape, it has two packs ...

The team from Tel Aviv University developed a vaccine to combat the bacterium that causes the black plague, using the same system as with the COVID-19 vaccines.

Addressing this challenge, a research team led by microbiologist Prashant Dhakephalkar, with key contributions from Dr P P ...