That fishy smell? It’s bacterial vaginosis. A new study shows it’s an STI, and male partners should be treated to stop the ...

Australian food scientists have reclassified dietary fibers—beyond just soluble and insoluble—to better guide nutritional ...

In the US, there are only about 80 to 140 brucellosis cases reported each year, and they're mostly caused by B. melitensis ...

Bacterial vaginosis may not be a solo problem.Treating both partners could finally stop the frustrating cycle of recurring BV.

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

Prokaryotic heterotrophic bacteria (i.e., bacteria) are the key microorganisms responsible for the decomposition of DOC (Cho and Azam, 1988). This makes bacteria act as an “anti-biological pump” in ...

Bacteremia, or blood poisoning, occurs when bacteria overcome the body's immune defenses. Bacteremia can worsen into sepsis, a condition that accounts for more than 1 in 3 hospital deaths per year.

Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don't stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the cells ...

Infection with Helicobacter pylori bacteria, whilst asymptomatic for most people, has long been identified as the primary risk factor for stomach cancer. However, why only 1% of infections ...