New research presented last week at the annual conference of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)—known as ASM Microbe ...
In the Results section under subheading ‘Sampling feedlot and downstream environment, a beef processing plant, retail meat and urban wastewater’. “Urban wastewater contributed 31 samples in total ...
Urinary tract infections (UTIs; ranging from uncomplicated cystitis to severe pyelonephritis and nephrolithiasis) are the third most common types of infection in human medicine worldwide (after ...
Antibiotic-resistant infection is projected to catch up to cancer as the leading cause of death by 2050, making understanding and limiting the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria a priority ...
A newly discovered species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been named after the academic institute where it was identified – the John Innes Centre. Enterococcus innesii, was discovered by ...
When scientists sampled soil and animal poop from around the world, they found a whopping 18 new species of Enterococcus, the purple stained bacteria pictured above. Credit: CDC, Dr. Mike Miller ...