Tag: antibiotic

Bacteria don’t have sex to reproduce; they use it to stay alive and healthy.

"This approach can be applied to other antibiotics and help us discover new ones," the team explains.

You can't adapt to gettin' stabbed.

Why isn't there a copy-paste command in biology?

Bacteria that cause ulcers and gastric cancer are becoming increasingly resistant to our antibiotics.

"This shows that more research is needed into the efficiency of different water treatment methods for antibiotic removal, as ...

"The need to focus on nonprescription antibiotic use in community-based antimicrobial stewardship programs is urgent," the authors report.

Kitchen sponges are crawling with bacteria. Turns out that's a good thing.

How can bacteria produce proteins when faced with a protein-production-impairing drug? We found out.

Old tricks, new ways to implement them.

Appear weak where you are strong. Appear strong where you are weak. Show "humility in the face of natural selection."

Shhh! I'm hunting bactewwia!

Uh-oh.

Could you... please not, bacteria?

In space, no one can hear you sneeze.

When in doubt, hibernate.

The whole can be greater or smaller than the sum of its parts.

There's an arms race going between us and bacteria. We seem to be losing -- badly.

No multiplayer-evolution any longer, pleasethankyou!

Surprisingly, these bacteria survived through "random chance".