A strange disease has killed 99.7% of a type of sea urchin called Diadema africanum along Tenerife's coast in just three years. This pushes the species close to dying out locally in the Canary Islands ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team investigated Escherichia albertii, what is known about this bacterium, and ...

As cities grow and natural habitats shrink, urban wildlife must adapt to rapidly changing environments. A new study published ...

The outcome of a pathogenic infection is influenced by the activities and functions of each interacting partner. Pathogens use sophisticated mechanisms to manipulate their host, but they also face ...

Some pathogens hide inside human cells to enhance their survival. Researchers have uncovered a unique tactic certain bacteria use to spread in the body without being detected by the immune system. In ...

Thousands of strains of bacteria live on the surface of your skin. Most of them are harmless and can even be helpful, outcompeting their pathogenic neighbors for available resources. When you get a ...

University of Tübingen-led international research team discovers how a bacterium obtains additional nutrients for reproduction at the expense of the ...

Photo: Jeffrey B. Jones The dark spots on the leaves and fruit of the lemon tree are typical symptoms of citrus canker, which ...

Update: Harmful fungus? What to know about Chinese scholars who smuggled pathogen into U.S. DETROIT, MI - A Chinese scholar at University of Michigan and her boyfriend worked to smuggle a biological ...

Hardy Diagnostics, a leading manufacturer and distributor of culture media and diagnostic solutions for microbiology ...

Applied BioCode, a leader in innovative molecular diagnostic solutions, announced today the submission of a new nucleic acid ...