The bacteria itself is part of a group called cable bacteria because they act like cables. They are long and cylindrical in ...

Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria are two different types of bacteria. One method that scientists use to classify bacteria is Gram staining, which is the most commonly performed laboratory ...

Bacteria are classified into five types depending on their shape. These include bacilli (rod), cocci (spherical), vibrios (comma), spirilla (spiral), and spirochaetes (corkscrew.) ...

"We need to try and mitigate their impact on our health now." Researchers make alarming discovery about gut bacteria: 'It's ...

Multidrug-resistant bacteria kill five million people each year, with newly resistant germs emerging faster than scientists ...

Discovering that the resulting compound had infection-fighting properties against multiple types of bacteria was a happy accident. The team named their new family of compounds GmPcides (for gram ...

The interaction between a common gene variant and gut microbes may trigger chronic inflammation in ulcerative colitis, new ...

About Enterococci Only a few types of enterococci bacteria cause clinical infections in humans, including Enterococcus faecalis (also called E. faecalis) and Enterococcus faecium (or E. faecium).

In Florida, four people have died this year after they were exposed to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare but deadly bacteria found in warm coastal waters.