When a bacterium becomes resistant to one antibiotic, it may sometimes become more sensitive to another. This biological side ...

Scientists have discovered a bacteria frozen for 5,000 years in the Scărișoara Ice Cave. This tiny organism, called Psychrobacter SC65A.3, could help us fight ...

The discovery of Psychrobacter SC65A.3, isolated from the Scărişoara Ice Cave in Romania, is both a blessing and a curse.

Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming harder to treat, pushing scientists to look for new antibiotic targets. Researchers have now discovered that several unrelated viruses disable a key bacterial ...

A recent review finds that microalgal niches in freshwater ecosystems may concentrate antibiotic resistance genes, raising environmental and public health concerns.

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Counterintuitively, the researchers observed that when the two species of bacteria coexist, their response to the antibiotic is opposite to when they are alone Image author: Letícia Galera-Laporta.

Antibiotics are essential medicines used to treat bacterial infections and can be life-saving in many situations. However, ...

Avoid unnecessary tests and antibiotics by applying evidence-based, cost-conscious infectious-disease decision-making, with ...