This important work advances our understanding of DNA methylation and its consequences for susceptibility to DNA damage. This work presents evidence that DNA methylation can accentuate the genomic ...

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

A discovery of legionella bacteria last week prompted the brief closure of three Maryland state office buildings in Baltimore ...

One person has died and four people have developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication as part of the outbreak.

A strain of the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from an 86-year-old woman with a urinary infection admitted to ...

The petri dish shimmers with colour, flashing a rich, emerald-green iridescence under the fluorescent lights of the ...

This particular strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae had previously been detected in the United States. The bacterium frequently causes infections in hospitals, is not eliminated by any existing antibiotic ...

Prevention is always more rewarding than cure – and usually cheaper. This is particularly so in the case of an E coli toxic ...

“Plastics in wastewater treatment plants are colonised by microbial biofilms, or “plastispheres,” which can harbour pathogens, including Listeria, E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter spp ...

There's growing interest and research into this ingredient, which manufacturers put into masses of the foods we eat ...