Bacteria

Uncertain funding means wastewater surveillance programs could close in the future

One in three cases of maternal sepsis can be prevented with a single dose of antibiotic, a study in low- and middle-income countries shows

Urinary tract infections are increasingly becoming resistant to first-line antibiotics, and this may be a warning for our ability to treat other microbial infections

Bacterial predators fight like wolves, torpedoes and vampires, and they could provide the next antibiotics

Widely used gowns, intended to protect people, can let too much liquid seep through, new studies suggest

A medieval cemetery yields DNA evidence of the deadly pandemic bacterium’s Central Asian ancestor

People are infected by bacteria that, after contacting heavy metals, develop drug-resistant traits

Microbe types in older people’s intestines are different and are linked to disease

For single-celled organisms, Earth’s atmosphere represents transport, refuge and possibly a habitat

Transmission of essential bacteria might have given herbivorous dinosaurs an additional reason to form herds

This is the fourth time this new antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been detected domestically

Woman infected with microbes that fight a last-line-of-defense drug; common infections could become untreatable