DUP MLA Diane Dodds has called for an independent inquiry saying figures showed a potentially deadly bacteria has been found ...

MLAs are debating a motion calling for a full independent inquiry into delays to the completion of the new maternity and ...

An inspection this year of a Tom’s of Maine’s facility in Sanford, Maine, turned up several violations, including bacteria in ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter, but not a recall, after microorganisms were found in water ...

A warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that the agency’s investigator found a “black mold-like ...

The FDA warned consumers that Tom's Simply White Clean Mint toothpaste contained a bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which ...

Bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas produce a strong antimicrobial natural product, as researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) discovered.

A new study by EPFL reveals that the notorious bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa must balance between effectively colonizing human airways and developing antibiotic tolerance to survive.

Finding the right balance The study found that P. aeruginosa adapts to the lung's mucus by relying on sugars and lactate, nutrients that are abundant in infected lungs. However, to survive on the ...

It demonstrates the surprising level of resistance to cleaning agents of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa-; a pathogen of particular concern in hospital settings. The study also ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells (orange) growing on the mucus layer (green) of the airway mucosa. Airway epithelial cells are shown in purple. This content is distributed under a Creative Commons CC ...

Antibiotics have saved millions of lives from infectious diseases and are considered one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. However, as the use (and abuse) of antibiotics has ...