Bacterial cells grow in colonies called biofilms, which take on new characteristics. For example, a biofilm of bacteria is much tougher to destroy than individual bacterial cells. Researchers at ...

A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future zoonotic disease outbreaks. Zoonotic diseases are diseases that infect animals ...

The number of different configurations that result in antibiotic resistance or virulence phenotypes is smaller than the number that would be expected if the pieces were assembled by random ...

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry has become an important tool in the life sciences. Recently, mass spectrometry methods have been ...

Types of microbiology: Microbiology is a branch of science that deals with the study of microorganisms. These organisms are named microorganisms because of their microscopic size, which is too small ...