Bacteria Articles

Copper has been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians to sterilize water and wounds. Ancient Greeks and Romans used it to treat open sores. Ancient Indians and Persians also recognized its cleansing properties. They were on to something. Using two ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — High bacteria levels have prompted Virginia Beach health officials to ban swimming and wading in part of the Chesapeake Bay. The ban announced Wednesday applies to the bay between Starfish and Rockbridge roads. The Virginia Beach ...

For years researchers thought that celiac disease — whose sufferers experience an autoimmune reaction to gluten protein — began only in childhood. A new study, however, suggests not only that the number of cases is on the rise, but that the disease can ...

Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory researchers have discovered the crystal structures of bacterial pumps that remove heavy metal toxins from bacteria, making them resistant to antibiotics. It could help the drug researchers in developing ...

... ANGELES — Bacteria that attacked the plumes of oil and gas resulting from the Deepwater Horizon gusher in the Gulf of Mexico mainly digested natural gas spewing from the ... Santa Barbara, said the findings ...