A University of Oxford-led study has found that diverse communities of resident commensal gut bacteria collectively protect the human gut from disease-causing microorganisms by consuming the nutrients ...

Study Objectives: Poor dental hygiene has been linked to respiratory pathogen colonization in residents of long-term care facilities. We sought to investigate the association between dental plaque (DP ...

Probiotic use to prevent the colonization of the lower intestine by harmful pathogens may be ineffective, according to a study from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Over a 21-month ...

A glass of milk and a slice of bread do not look like medicine. But a new study from UC Riverside suggests that certain ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have identified the mechanism by which pathogenic Bordetella bacteria promote the colonization of mammalian airways.

Initial studies of staphylococcal adhesion focused on binding to the extracellular matrix and plasma proteins. More recently, studies have investigated adhesins for human keratinocytes and their ...

In a surprising twist, gut pathogens like Salmonella are not repelled by fecal indole; instead, they exploit it to locate nutrient-rich environments, turning a microbial defense into a colonization ...

New research reveals that what we eat, down to the type of dietary protein, can tip the balance between Vibrio cholerae and the gut microbiota, reshaping bacterial competition and disease potential ...

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Microplastics gather anti-biotic resistant bacteria as they move through water, allowing microbes to spread from polluted ...