All cellular life—from humans to bacteria—possesses two layers of immunity: innate and adaptive. Scientists have long ...

A novel CRISPR-based technology can spread within bacterial populations to eliminate antibiotic resistance. In a potential breakthrough for tackling antibiotic resistance, researchers from the ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global concern that threatens our ability to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and animals. To better monitor the emergence and spread of resistance, ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global concern that threatens our ability to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and animals. To better monitor the emergence and spread of resistance, ...

A perspective article in Biocontaminant has proposed a three-part framework to explain how bacteriophages can destroy, ...

Candida auris is an emerging threat, primarily to hospital patients and residents of nursing homes. The fungus easily spreads, colonizes surfaces and objects where it can survive for weeks to months, ...

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are discrete DNA units that facilitate the movement and rearrangement of genetic material within and between microbial genomes. Key MGE classes include plasmids, ...