The genetic culprits responsible for the spread of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria have been identified by new research mapping 100 years of bacterial evolution. Experts at the Wellcome Sanger ...

The emergence and rapid spread of antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens constitutes a critical challenge to modern medicine. Resistance arises through genetic mutations and horizontal ...

"The accumulated evidence suggests that climate change is an accelerating force behind the global spread of antimicrobial ...

Now, an international team of scientists has identified a surprising factor that may be accelerating this biological defense ...

Bacteria have evolved to adapt to all of Earth's most extreme conditions, from scorching heat to temperatures well below zero. Ice caves are just one of the environments hosting a variety of ...

Antibiotic resistance tends to stabilize over time, according to Sonja Lehtinen, PhD, from the University of Lausanne and colleagues. The team published its study, “The evolution of antibiotic ...

Aligarh (UP), May 20 (PTI) Researchers at the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit of Aligarh Muslim University have identified a new multidrug-resistant bacterial genome in wastewater flowing through ...

An international team of researchers argues that increasingly hot weather has been responsible for roughly one quarter of emerging antibiotic-resistant Salmonella genes since 1940.

A research team from Kiel University has demonstrated which specific cellular mechanisms lead to the targeted weakening of ...

Scientists have discovered bacteria frozen in an ancient underground ice cave that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. Ice caves host a variety of microorganisms, which if melted, could add to the ...