Your microbiota will be having non-stop sex this Valentine’s Day
Bacteria don’t have sex to reproduce; they use it to stay alive and healthy.
Tag: resistance
Bangladesh’s waters are heavily contaminated with medicine, pesticides, and other chemicals
Contaminants ranged from antibiotics to fire retardants.
New shape-shifting metal particles shred drug-resistant bacteria to bits
You can't adapt to gettin' stabbed.
Bacteria’s social lives influence how they develop drug resistance
Judging by the findings, I should be completely drug-resistant forever.
Dolphins are seeing a rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and it’s our fault
Antibiotic resistance is reaching dramatic levels in some wild ecosystems, reports a study on bottlenose dolphins living in Florida's Indian ...
Hospitals in Europe are contributing to the spread of extremely drug-resistant bacteria
However, simple infection control procedures can go a long way to mitigate the risk.
London’s waterways found to contain antibiotic-resistant bacterial genes
"This shows that more research is needed into the efficiency of different water treatment methods for antibiotic removal, as none ...
Phages in kitchen sponges could help us wipe antibiotic resistant bacteria clean off
Kitchen sponges are crawling with bacteria. Turns out that's a good thing.
Researchers film bacteria sharing antibiotic resistance in real time — and find a potential fix
How can bacteria produce proteins when faced with a protein-production-impairing drug? We found out.
Medicinal plants used in the Civil War can stomp our modern antibiotic-resistant germs
Old tricks, new ways to implement them.
Study proposes five new rules to prevent antibiotic resistance “disaster”
Appear weak where you are strong. Appear strong where you are weak. Show "humility in the face of natural selection."
Researchers develop way to trap and study bacteria so we can fight disease and antibiotic resistance
Shhh! I'm hunting bactewwia!
One bacteria lives on everybody’s skin — and it’s becoming resistant to antibiotics
Could you... please not, bacteria?
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on the ISS — they’ve been up there for at least two years
In space, no one can hear you sneeze.
Some bacteria can ‘hibernate’ through antibiotic treatments, new paper finds
When in doubt, hibernate.
The CDC thwarted 220 cases of pathogens with ‘unusual’ antibiotic resistance last year alone
If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? It better be the CDC.
New method developed to stop bacteria from sharing antibiotic resistance genes
No multiplayer-evolution any longer, pleasethankyou!
Small populations of bacteria can elude antibiotics — here’s how we’re fixing that
Surprisingly, these bacteria survived through "random chance".
Jymmin combines working out with music, makes people feel less pain
Scientists paired music composition software with sensors attached to the fitness machines.
Untreatable bacteria identified in the US
A strain of E. coli resistant to last-resort antibiotics has been identified on United States soil for the first time. ...
Low level of antibiotics cause drug resistance in ‘superbugs’
For years and years (good) doctors have warned about the dangers of taking antibiotics too lightly, which generally causes 'bugs' ...