Scientists from the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) in Pune have identified a previously unknown species of bacterium ...

A bacterium famous for shrugging off extreme radiation has now survived the violent shock of a simulated asteroid impact, adding hard experimental evidence to the idea that microbes could travel ...

Six deaths have now been associated with an "ongoing outbreak" of a Burkholderia stabilis found in four non-sterile alcohol-free ...

Bacteria and phages that travel in space behave much differently in microgravity than they do in labs on Earth, exciting ...

New tick-borne bacteria discovered in dogs in the US, Rickettsia finnyi, is very similar to canine spotted fever.

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

According to the California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) ( veterinarians have reported an increase in leptospirosis, more commonly known as ”lepto”.

A mysterious form of plague that spread across Eurasia thousands of years before the Black Death has finally revealed a ...

The month is intended to remind owners to review records, schedule boosters, and talk with their vet about individual ...

Scientists are developing cancer-eating bacteria designed to grow inside oxygen-free tumors and attack cancer from within.

A remarkably hardy bacterium can survive pressures similar to those generated when asteroid impacts blast debris off Mars, a ...