Emerging research suggests the state of the gut microbiome in early life is linked to colorectal cancer—and that both too ...

Gut stem cells can detect invading bacteria and transform into bacteria-killing cells, revealing an unexpected immune defense ...

Researchers have long known that bacteria could potentially be used to deliver therapeutic drugs inside the human body.

Faecal bacteria. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of bacteria cultured from a sample of human faeces. At least 50 per cent of human faeces is made up of bacteria shed from the gut. Many of these ...

Purple bacteria also known as proteobacteria are phototrophic, capable of producing their own food via photosynthesis. They are pigmented with bacteriochlorophyll, together with various carotenoids, ...

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. This month, The Conversation’s experts explore how we got here and the potential solutions.

Bill Sullivan is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology at Indiana University. Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it's a growing – and potentially fatal – ...

One reason plastic waste persists in the environment is because there’s not much that can eat it. The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that ...