Your mouth bacteria can significantly affect your gut health, and predict the risk of chronic liver disease, finds a study.

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

Each year, more than two million people die from advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD). Previous research has linked gut ...

In most people, these bacteria coexist peacefully and contribute to a mutually beneficial relationship, with both human and ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Many everyday chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria and potentially fuel antibiotic resistance, prompting calls to rethink chemical safety testing. A sweeping laboratory analysis of synthetic ...

Researchers report how Paenibacillus avoids harm by its own antibiotic — information that is crucial for developing new drug ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless ...

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...