Antibiotic resistance is becoming an accelerating crisis because of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics over many years.

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 ...

The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills and thereby accelerating the elimination of the pollution, in many cases. It does this by ...