Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical—one that can kill them at high enough ...

Vibrio vulnificus, also known as “flesh-eating” bacteria, has infected 11 people in Florida this summer, and so far, killing ...

It’s time to rethink how we identify disease-causing microbes Modern disease theory must account for communities of commensal bacteria. Roheeni Saxena – Jan 21, 2016 9:35 ...

Florida is grappling with a surge in Vibrio vulnificus infections, a dangerous flesh-eating bacteria, resulting in four ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

Treating Disease by Nudging the Microbes Inside Us We’ve spent centuries trying to kill bacteria. Now, scientists have shown that subtler approaches can work—at least in mice.

R.A. Britton et al/Journal of Cellular Physiology 2014 Disease-causing bacteria give microbes a bad name, but in fact, many microbes in the human body do good.

For the first time, researchers find that a compound in some red wines and olive oils can interfere with gut microbes in ways that could potentially help to prevent heart disease in humans.