All Bacteria articles – Page 4
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NewsHot springs in Japan give insight into ancient microbial life on Earth
Iron-oxidising bacteria in the iron-rich hot springs suggest early microbes used iron and trace oxygen, not sunlight, as their primary energy source during the planet’s shift from a low-oxygen to a high-oxygen atmosphere about 2.3 billion years ago.
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NewsWorld’s first discovery of a mysterious tubular structure in citrus pest symbionts
A multinational research team has discovered a mysterious tubular structure — previously unknown in any organism — within Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium associated with a major global citrus pest.
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NewsReview shows around one in three hospital infections involve antimicrobial resistance
With an estimated 1.14 million deaths worldwide annually caused by bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, a study shows that in hospital settings antimicrobial resistance is common and independently associated with a higher risk of death.
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NewsKey to the riddle of sleep may be linked to bacteria
New research suggests a new paradigm in understanding sleep, demonstrating that a substance in the mesh-like walls of bacteria, known as peptidoglycan, is naturally present in the brains of mice and closely aligned with the sleep cycle.
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NewsFatty acids feed cancer-promoting bacteria: How chronic cellular stress alters the gut microbiome
Researchers have identified a cellular mechanism that alters the gut microbiome in a way that promotes cancer. An analysis of patient data shows that the findings also apply to humans.
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NewsScientists develop a virus cocktail to combat superbugs
Researchers have developed a bespoke phage therapy, Entelli-02, a five-phage cocktail designed specifically to target Enterobacter cloacae complex (ECC), a group of bacteria responsible for severe, often difficult-to-treat infections.
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CareersSummer studentship: Amelia investigates how Streptococci aggregate with other oral bacteria
Amelia Rohim reports back on her AMI-sponsored summer studentship which focused on the investigation of inter-species aggregation between oral bacteria at the University of Michigan with Dr. Alexander Rickard.
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NewsCholera vaccination campaign launched in Darfur to protect over 1.8 million people
A cholera vaccination campaign kicked off on 21 September 2025 in South Darfur, marking the start of a campaign that aims to reach 1.86 million people aged one year and older with oral vaccines in response to the ongoing outbreak.
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NewsGut bacteria linked to how our genes switch on and off, research finds
The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to a review highlighting how the gut microbiome can affect epigenetics, the process that turns genes on or off without changing the DNA itself.
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NewsNext-gen anti-bacterial and anti-viral surface modification technology inspired by Korean mussels
Researchers have successfully developed a next-generation surface modification technology with anti-bacterial and anti-viral contamination properties.While maximizing the bactericidal effect, a polydopamine layer, combined with an antibiotic, inhibits the adsorption of coronavirus.
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NewsGut punch: $2 million to decode bacteria’s role in fighting disease
A $2 million grant to UC Riverside will explore how gut bacteria shape human health. The NIH award will support Ansel Hsiao’s lab in its quest to answer questions about how gut microbes communicate with each other and with their human hosts to influence health.
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NewsJie Xiao to receive 2026 Carolyn Cohen Innovation Award from The Biophysical Society
The Biophysical Society has announced that Jie Xiao, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA, will receive the 2026 Carolyn Cohen Innovation Award.
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NewsEngineered gut bacteria improves survival outcomes in colorectal cancer tumors
A genetically modified Salmonella typhimurium strain can colonise tumours and release a therapeutic protein, LIGHT, to induce the formation of mature tertiary lymphoid structures (mTLSs) in laboratory models.
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NewsNanoparticles supercharge vinegar’s old-fashioned wound healing power
New research has resulted in the ability to boost the natural bacterial killing qualities of vinegar by adding antimicrobial nanoparticles made from carbon and cobalt.
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NewsStudy links chronic sickle cell pain to gut microbial imbalance
Researchers have found a clear connection between chronic sickle cell disease pain and the bacteria present in the gastrointestinal tract. The team alleviated chronic pain by transplanting bacteria from the feces of healthy mice into the digestive tract of sickle cell animals.
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NewsOral bacteria linked to Parkinson’s via the gut-brain axis
Researchers have identified the mechanism by which metabolites produced by oral bacteria in the gut may trigger the development of Parkinson’s disease.
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NewsYeast in gut microbiome can worsen salmonella infection
Researchers have discovered that a yeast commonly found in our gut can make infection with salmonella worse. Salmonella binds to Candida albicans and triggers a chain reaction that allows the bacteria to better invade cells lining the intestines.
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NewsStudy identifies hotspots of disease-carrying ticks in Illinois
Scientists analyzed the distribution of three potentially harmful tick species in Illinois, identifying regions of the state with higher numbers of these ticks and, therefore, at greater risk of infection with multiple tick-borne diseases.
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NewsMolecular roadmap links stomach infection to cancer risk
A new study has identified protein signatures that trace the trajectory from Helicobacter pylori infection to the progression of gastric lesions and eventual cancer. Researchers pinpointed 28 proteins that change consistently during this process.
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NewsIncidence of specific antibiotic-resistant bacteria increased 69% between 2019 and 2023
A brief research report found that incidence of a specific antibiotic-resistant bacteria increased 69% between 2019 and 2023. The report described trends in incidence of carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales clinical isolates reported to the CDC.