Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern. According to the CDC, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year. Now, a team of researchers has discovered a new group of ...

Researchers have discovered a new group of bacterial toxins that can kill harmful bacteria and fungi, opening the door to potential new treatments for infections. These toxins, found in over 100,000 ...

Competition and antagonism are as much a part of microbial life as ours. The evolution of secretory systems that enable some bacteria to bombard their neighbors with toxins holds an obvious advantage ...

A harmful and often deadly substance made by bacteria, a bacterial toxin manipulates host cell functions and disrupts vital cell processes in a living organism. Bacterial toxins hit host organisms ...

Researchers have discovered a new group of bacterial toxins that can kill harmful bacteria and fungi, opening the door to potential new treatments for infections. These toxins, found in over 100,000 ...

Gram-negative bacteria deploy a range of protein toxins as mediators of inter-bacterial competition and pathogenicity. Among these, colicins comprise a class of ribosomally synthesised bacteriocins ...

A: Animal; ACE: Accessory cholera enterotoxin; H: Human; ZOT: Zonula occludens toxin.

A research team at Leibniz-HKI has described a new enzyme that renders the highly toxic molecule malleicyprol harmless. Malleicyprol is considered an important virulence factor of Burkholderia ...

Researchers design a nanovaccine that detects MRSA toxins, kills bacteria with heat, and captures antigens to train the immune system for lasting protection. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Infectious disease ...

Colorectal cancer rates have been steadily increasing in younger adults in recent decades – a phenomenon that has gone largely unexplained. A toxin produced by certain strains of bacteria — in ...

Riverside County Public Health announced Friday that a bacterial toxin was detected in food samples that caused dozens of subcontracted shuttle bus drivers for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts ...