Diverse soil microbial communities may help suppress pathogens naturally, acting as a biological barrier against their ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can be found throughout the environment. It can also cause deadly, multidrug-resistant infections, especially in those with health conditions such as cystic ...

Pathogenic bacteria often delay the activation of their virulence program until they are inside the host. Researchers have ...

How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans.

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, and those genes can end up in human pathogens.

Some pathogens use temperature as a trigger and activate virulence only after entering the warmer environment of a host. A research team from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and the University of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic reminded us that social interactions transmit pathogens. But do humans spread "good" bugs, too? Very much so, say a team of biologists who are probing the links between the ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

Our bodies host a variety of microorganisms, and the microbial communities in and on our bodies have to maintain the right balances among their members, or problems can arise. This includes the ...

Cholera-causing bacteria are locked in an evolutionary arms race with a viral nemesis, according to a new genomic study.