In regions where cholera is an endemic disease causing periodic seasonal outbreaks, the bacterial pathogen (Vibrio cholerae) lives between outbreaks in aquatic ecosystems such as coastal estuaries.

Imagine a group of bacteria teaming up like a gang, creating a fortress around them. This is essentially what bacterial biofilms are – a tough, sticky barrier that makes them incredibly difficult to ...

The steel industry in Pittsburgh, despite bringing economic benefits to the city in its prime, has left lasting negative effects on our environment. As ...

Niveen Ismail loves zooplankton. An associate professor of engineering at Smith and the inaugural recipient of the Ellen Braestrup Strickler ’57 endowed faculty research fellowship in the Center for ...

Some tenacious microbes can be very difficult to eliminate once they form biofilms, which are microbial communities that grow on surfaces. They are considered to be a major contributor to global ...

“Not all slime is bad.” ...

It's never a good thing, when a bacterial biofilm forms on the surface of a medical implant. There could soon be a new way of eradicating such films, however, using tiny remote-control liquid-bodied ...

The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii splitting into multiple cells at once, a rare kind of cell division called multiple fission. C. matruchotii is one of the most common bacteria ...

Antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella poses severe challenges to global food safety and public health. Bacteriophage W5 specifically targets Salmonella, paving the way for phage-based disinfectants.