Hospitals have traditionally sought to prevent infections after surgical procedures by maintaining a germ-free environment. It has long been established that concomitant infections during invasive ...

Bacteriophages (blue) infecting a bacterium. (Nemes Laszlo/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Researchers have made a ...

The future of the world’s oceans may depend on one unusual fish that’s often overlooked due to its appearance. The Gulf ...

St. Louis, Nov. 4, 2002 -- Bacteria aren't always bad. In fact, they can be extremely helpful partners. According to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, microbes found ...

Two Spanish scientific societies have published a position document on small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). It outlines a framework for comprehensive symptomatic evaluation of SIBO, regulated ...

A preventive approach that eliminates multi-resistant E. coli bacteria from the gut before complications develop would therefore be more sensible and sustainable. This is exactly where the current ...

A new study suggests that bacteria in fish intestines may work together with their hosts to produce a form of calcium ...

Researchers have identified two gut bacteria that can produce serotonin, a key chemical that regulates bowel movements. In experiments with mice lacking serotonin, the microbes boosted serotonin ...

The microbiota is your digestive system play a role in metabolism, mood, and even your genes. Here’s how to optimize it for a ...

The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers at UZH have now shown for the first time that intestinal bacteria and their metabolites contribute ...