Nov. 25, 2024 — With the rapid development of antibiotics in the 1930s, phage therapy -- using viruses known as bacteriophages or phages to tackle bacterial infections -- fell into oblivion.

Bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine (SIBO) is usually treated with antibiotics, but some alternative healthcare practitioners also recommend trying natural remedies such as a low carbohydrate ...

This valuable study proposes a novel rapid-entry mechanism of S. aureus that involves the rapid release of calcium from lysosomes. The strength of the paper lies in a very interesting hypothesis; what ...

Bacterial genomics is a scientific discipline that concerns the genome, encompassing the entire hereditary information, of bacteria. Bacterial genomics can, for example, be used to study bacterial ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

These bacteria compete with viruses for resources, thus limiting a pathogen’s ability to replicate and transmit diseases such as dengue, Zika fever, and chikungunya.