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How Commensal Gut Bacteria Keep Pathogens in Check
How Commensal Gut Bacteria Keep Pathogens in Check
Recent studies describe how resident microbiota appear to outcompete unwelcome visitors, either with superior weaponry or by guzzling up local resources.
Recent studies describe how resident microbiota appear to outcompete unwelcome visitors, either with superior weaponry or by guzzling up local resources.
drug resistance, microbiology
Understanding Our Enemies: Identifying Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance
The Scientist | Aug 3, 2021 | 1 min read
Researchers sample and sequence bacteria from biological and environmental sources to learn how to overcome selective pressure
CDC Warns of Person-to-Person Transmission of Resistant Fungus
Shawna Williams | Jul 26, 2021 | 3 min read
In a first, patients who hadn’t been treated with antifungals were found to carry Candida auris impervious to all three available classes of the drugs.
A Connected Community: The Rise of Microbiome Research
The Scientist | Apr 30, 2021 | 1 min read
Explore how microbes shape health, disease, and the world beyond
Virus Hunters: Searching for Therapeutic Phages in a Drug Resistant World
The Scientist | Sep 21, 2020 | 1 min read
Researchers Jason Gill and Paul Turner will discuss their work on bacteriophage therapy to treat drug resistant bacterial infections.
FDA Suspends Clinical Trials Involving Fecal Transplants
Chia-Yi Hou | Jun 14, 2019 | 1 min read
The agency issued a safety warning after two patients contracted antibiotic-resistant infections and one of the patients died.
Q&A: What to Know About the Drug-Resistant Fungus, Candida auris
Emma Yasinski | Apr 18, 2019 | 3 min read
Fungal researcher Christina Cuomo discusses the spread of infections plaguing hospitals across the world.
Many Non-Antibiotic Drugs Affect Gut Bacteria
Catherine Offord | Mar 19, 2018 | 2 min read
A new study finds that more than 200 human-targeted, non-antibiotic drugs inhibit the growth of bacterial species that make up part of the human microbiome.
Microbe from Yogurt Impedes Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Aggie Mika | Jun 5, 2017 | 2 min read
Lactobacillus parafarraginis metabolites hindered the growth of multiple, distantly related bacterial pathogens.
Nose Bacterium Inhibits S. aureus Growth
Kerry Grens | Jul 27, 2016 | 1 min read
A study on microbe versus microbe battles within the human nose yields a new antibiotic.
Speaking of Microbiology
Tanya Lewis and Tracy Vence | Jun 21, 2016 | 2 min read
A selection of notable quotes from the American Society for Microbiology’s annual meeting
Medical Equipment May Spread Superbug
Kerry Grens | Feb 20, 2015 | 1 min read
Drug-resistant bacteria have spread in a Los Angeles hospital, perhaps from contaminated endoscopes.
Week in Review: September 23–27
Tracy Vence | Sep 27, 2013 | 4 min read
Antibiotic cycling makes a comeback in the lab; how life scientists can learn from astronauts; napping to conquer fears; deconstructing the cancer R&D crisis
CDC Charts Antibiotic Resistance Threat
Tracy Vence | Sep 16, 2013 | 2 min read
The agency estimates that at least 23,000 people in the U.S. die each year as a result of antibiotic-resistant infections.
Decoding Drug-Resistant TB
Tracy Vence | Sep 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Researchers characterize drug-resistant tuberculosis by analyzing the genomes of more than 500 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from around the world.
NIH Clinic Outbreak Kills Again
Jef Akst | Sep 20, 2012 | 1 min read
A seventh patient succumbs to a deadly, drug-resistant superbug terrorizing the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
Double-Edged TB Drug
Beth Marie Mole | Sep 12, 2012 | 1 min read
A cheap pain reliever that can kill drug-resistant, tuberculosis-causing bacteria may never be tested.
Soil Harbors Antibiotic Resistance
Ed Yong | Aug 30, 2012 | 3 min read
Identical resistance genes in soil and clinical bacteria hint at dangerous genetic arms trade that is aggravating the antibiotic-resistance crisis.