Chemical signals: Receptors that have been little researched to date could play an important role in the search for nutrients by beneficial, motile bacteria in the intestine and in communication ...

Consuming raw oysters resulted in two deaths. The oysters contained Vibrio vulnificus. This bacteria is dangerous. It thrives in warm coastal waters. Louisiana and Florida received the contaminated ...

Five Bay County beaches are under advisory due to high levels of enterococcus bacteria. Swimming is not advised at the affected locations until bacteria levels return to acceptable standards.

(CNN) - Cases of flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the potentially deadly bacteria thrive in coastal waters during warmer months, ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A surge in infections from the rare and deadly flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus has claimed five lives in Florida this year, as cases have soared to 20 in just a ...

Salmonella Dublin is a type of bacteria that primarily infects cattle, but some strains also can adapt to infect humans. It is increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics, making it a growing ...

The microscopic alliance between algae and bacteria offers rare, step-by-step snapshots of how bacteria lose genes and adapt to increasing host dependence. This is shown by a new study led by ...

Cases of the flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus have risen to 22 in Louisiana, and an additional death linked to Louisiana oysters occurred in a Florida resident, according to the Louisiana ...

Dozens of beaches, lakes, and ponds were closed to swimming across the state because of unsafe bacteria levels in the water, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. At one point, ...

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Air conditioners have been working overtime this hot summer, from those tiny window units to the massive AC towers ...

Scientists have engineered a groundbreaking cancer treatment that uses bacteria to smuggle viruses directly into tumors, bypassing the immune system and delivering a powerful one-two punch against ...

HORMONE LEVELS. SOMETHING TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT. THIS WEEK, THE STATE ISSUED AN ALERT ABOUT A RARE BACTERIA THAT CAN CAUSE WHAT IS KNOWN AS FLESH EATING DISEASE. AFTER A SWIMMER IN FALMOUTH WAS ...