The warm and ecologically sensitive Gulf waters provide a thriving habitat for harmful pathogens, according to the CDC.

The abundance of potentially pathogenic bacteria Vibrio vulnificus is influenced by chlorophyll and surface currents, according to reanalysis of genetic data combined with predictive modelling.

One alarming example is Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, a bacterium that often leads to ...

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has confirmed a case of cholera in the Kunene Region, prompting an immediate public health response to prevent further spread. A female patient who ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

Kathmann said, while Enterococcus and E-coli bacterial infections occur more often, a bacterium of great concern to Memorial Health is Vibrio vulnificus, sometimes called a “flesh-eating ...

sought to uncover how Vibrio cholerae (the bacterium responsible for cholera) sticks together to form biofilms — and also escape and create new communities. The study was published in the journal ...

In another experiment, bacteria thrived when the proteasome functioned normally but the peptides produced within it were destroyed. The effectiveness of the peptides was also demonstrated in mice ...

We might hate to admit it, but we aren’t in complete control of our own bodies; bacteria can sometimes reign supreme, even in our hankering for a cookie or a glass of sweet tea. A recent study ...

For fraternal twins who share 50 percent of their genes, this rate drops to around 2 percent. Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person's risk of developing multiple ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Cupriavidus necator, a soil bacterium, can convert formic acid and CO 2 into bioplastics, but its natural process is inefficient. Researchers developed a more ...