(THE CONVERSATION) Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health problem around the world. When bacteria like E. coli no longer respond to antibiotics, infections become harder to treat. To develop ...

A new study published in New Contaminants reveals that black carbon formed during wheat straw burning can significantly ...

A team of researchers has discovered that latent antimicrobial resistance is more widespread across the world than known ...

Dangerous bacteria and other disease-causing microbes are rapidly evolving ways to defy our best antibiotic medications, a ...

The problem of antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) pollution in the environment has become one of the most severe public health ...

Carrying multiple copies of antibiotic-resistance genes could be key to resistance spread and evolution in bacteria, particularly those in humans and livestock. Researchers at Duke University (NC, USA ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising links between natural humification processes in soil, carbon metabolism, and the spread of antibiotic ...

In a study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, researchers from the UK and the Republic of Ireland analyzed the wastewater system at the University Hospital Limerick to identify sources of ...

By analyzing Escherichia coli (E. coli) genomes, researchers have shown that antimicrobial resistant bacteria and the genes ...

When it comes to the air in public places, germophobes can breathe a bit easier. According to a new Northwestern University ...