Some notoriously difficult to treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new ...

Some notoriously difficult-to-treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new ...

Campylobacter infections are the most common foodborne illnesses in the U.S., sickening an estimated 1.5 million people each ...

Researchers at Boston University have found that microplastics (MPs) provide an ideal platform for bacteria to form ...

Fairburn explains that in the absence of an active anti-phage defence, viral infections inhibit bacterial growth and cause a ...

Overuse of antibiotics is currently the primary reason for the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Researchers at the ...

Bacteria exposed to microplastics can become resistant to antibiotics, a new study has found. Researchers from the US ...

Microplastics provide an excellent bacterial breeding ground that may be contributing to the growing problem of ...

Microplastics are accumulating in vital organs and promoting antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which can prolong diseases ...

Boston researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of common antibiotics ...

Microplastics have made their way up food chains, accumulated in oceans, clustered in clouds and on mountains.

“These bacteria were not only resistant to antibiotics, but they were also better at creating biofilm,” she said. “For microplastics to facilitate bacteria to be these faster, better biofilm ...