The Latest Breaking News from Bacteria

On many exoplanets, the best clue that life is present may be a purple hue. New research into some of Earth's most extreme bacteria explains why.

Several bacteria that can cause deadly bloodstream infections in humans are attracted to an amino acid in our blood, scientists have discovered.

Yellow stains on your mattress and pillow are normal, but are they safe to sleep on and how do you get them out? We take a look...

Certain microbes in the gut microbiome may guard against heart disease by lowering people's cholesterol.

New research has found that gut bacteria can play a key role in the onset and development of obesity, with differences in men and women, which might affect the metabolism of different nutrients and therefore the presence of bioactive molecules in the gut that influence the development of metabolic disease.…

Adults over the age of 60 who have daily contact with children have six times more risk of being colonized with pneumonia-causing bacteria than those without any contact with children.

Doctors believe the man was likely infected with bacteria in the rat's mouth.

Several companies have abandoned commitments to serve antibiotic-free meat, but what does this mean for human health?

Researchers discovered that certain bacteria species called Oscillibacter can consume cholesterol in the gut and lower the risk of heart disease in individuals.