Scientists identified a new electrically conductive bacterium, Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, with potential applications in ...

Borneo’s small mammals, including rats and shrews, share gut bacteria in human-altered areas, revealing surprising microbial exchanges.

Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities that can be the source of a potentially life-threatening disease in humans, according to a six-year study that also discovered a novel ...

Some Illinois residents and pet owners are being urged to use caution after a dead rabbit was diagnosed with tularemia in recent days.

Tularemia, which can affect humans and pets, found in central Illinois after weeks of reports of ill and dead squirrels in nearby Urbana.

Birmingham scientists have identified an essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to "displace" ...

Scientists have identified essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to 'displace' antibiotic resistance genes from bacteria.