In a laboratory in Ulsan, South Korea, scientists have quietly pulled off what might become one of the most important ...

Blood specimens collected from 172 cases of suspected septicemia were cultured and then tested separately by PCR for the bacterial 16S rRNA. Of the 172 clinical cases, 17 cases tested positive by PCR.

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the accuracy and speed at which often deadly pathogen infections can be ...

Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ...

By writing genetic information directly into the 16S rRNA—a molecule universally found in bacteria—the researchers could ...

By writing genetic information directly into the 16S rRNA—a molecule universally found in bacteria—the researchers could track which microbes acquired foreign DNA without disrupting their ...