Light microscope images of E. coli cells in transmitted light (left ... DNA condensation also occurs after bacteria have been treated with aminoglycoside antibiotics.

Reading “Microcosm” (Pantheon, 243 pages, $25.95), Carl Zimmer’s new book on the world’s most famous bacterium, one wonders whether Blake might have phrased his reverie differently if he had had an ...

This colorized 2006 scanning electron microscope image shows E. coli bacteria of the O157:H7 strain that produces a powerful toxin which can cause illness. Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP ...

E. coli, listeria and salmonella bacteria have been making news, again, for sickening Americans. But what exactly are these tiny troublemakers? Truthfully, unless you have a microscope and samples ...

These are bacteria like you’ve never seen before – likely because, until now, all known bacteria could only be seen using a powerful compound microscope ... than 625,000 E. coli bacteria ...

“If you use a microscope and you look inside of a leaf, there’s an area called the stroma, and you can actually find the bacteria attached to that area.” The fact that E. coli can survive ...

Researchers have developed a new method for preventing bacteria from adhering to surfaces, such as medical devices. It relies ...

Baltimore officials are encouraging residents to boil water used for drinking or cooking after E. coli bacteria was detected in some samples of the water supply in parts of West Baltimore.

New research shows nanoplastics increase pathogen risk, affecting E. coli virulence and gene transfer, posing health hazards.

El Paso Water discovered E. coli bacteria in a raw groundwater sample from a Lower Valley well during routine testing. The sample was taken Tuesday, Nov. 19, the utility said in a statement sent ...