Microbiologists have long adopted the language of human settlement to describe how bacteria live and grow: They "invade" and "colonize." Relations dwelling in close proximity are "colonies." By ...

New research by a team from London's Kingston University has shown how the food poisoning bacteria Campylobacter can multiply and spread inside micro-organisms called amoebae- which could lead to a ...

According to a team led by the University of Buffalo (UB), the bacterium Veillonella parvula can engage in a one-sided relationship with pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, helping the germ multiply ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The University of Hawai’i at Manoa scientists said the flesh-eating bacterium called “Vibrio vulnificus,” which lives naturally in the water of the Ala Wai Canal in Waikiki, is ...

Reheated rice can cause food poisoning due to bacteria that can survive cooking and multiply as rice cools, regardless of how ...

Like humans, many bacteria like to spend time at the beach. The so-called flesh-eating bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, don’t just like the beach; they need it, and rely on sea salt for survival. And as ...

Studies have shown that more rainfall, higher humidity, and higher temperatures can drive increases in Legionella bacteria in ...