That process led to the group discovering a lasso peptide that exhibited broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and was effective ...

Urbanization reshapes soil microbes in surprising ways—bacteria adapt and become alike, while fungi resist change.

Lariocidin is a newly discovered antibiotic from soil bacteria. It targets the bacterial ribosome, defeating resistant ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where these m ...

Lariocidin was efficient against strains of E. coli, including drug-resistant ones, according to the new study. View on ...

They found a new molecule named lariocidin —a potential new antibiotic with the power to kill some of the world’s most ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals were found dead due to anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park.

Urbanization is reshaping soil microbial communities worldwide, driving an unexpected homogenization of bacterial populations ...

The molecule was found in soil samples collected from a laboratory technician’s garden. The discovery shows that “there is ...

Amid a surge in drug-resistant bacteria, researchers believe they have discovered a new class of antibiotics, three decades ...

However, around 20% to 30% of patients with nocardiosis have no known pre-existing conditions, so the infection doesn't ...

Woolite recalled more than 16,000 bottles of its "Delicates" detergent due to potential contamination with a form of bacteria commonly found in water and soil.