Bacteria
Health & Medicine
Why antibiotics give you thrush and other microbiome mishaps
Antibiotics cause an imbalance between fungi and bacteria in our microbiome. New ways of understanding this imbalance can help protect against serious disease
Sciences & Technology
The vaccine improving the health of Australia's chickens
A new vaccine is protecting one-day-old chicks from a pneumonia-like illness that costs the poultry industry millions of dollars each year
Sciences & Technology
We now know what causes the Buruli ulcer, so what are we doing about it?
Knowing that mosquitoes are involved in the transmission of the Buruli ulcer in Victoria is a breakthrough, but we need to work out what happens next to tackle the disease
Sciences & Technology
Scientists and government agencies are targeting mosquitoes with bacteria
The Wolbachia bacterium prevents mosquitoes from spreading dengue fever – and now a new strain is protecting people in Malaysia
Environment
For coral, teamwork makes the dream work
The discovery of clusters of two types of bacteria in the tentacles of corals sheds light on their role in coral reef health
Sciences & Technology
The fly DNA fighting killer bacteria
The genome of an Australian fly has won an evolutionary “arms race” against a killer bacteria by evolving to co-exist with it
Environment
The smallest marine microbes share nutrients – briefly
Fleeting interactions between the smallest phytoplankton and bacteria help to shape global ocean productivity
Health & Medicine
Into the wild to fight antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is part of the chemical warfare bacteria wage in nature, and that’s where researchers now looking for new clues to overcome it
Sciences & Technology
Tackling a global crop pandemic - from the air
The spread of Xf bacteria is a huge threat to global agriculture, but research is enhancing our capacity to detect it in crops using airborne monitoring
Sciences & Technology
Purifying water with a simple powder
Researchers have found a material that quickly kills bacteria in drinking water, creating a safe and cheaper alternative to chlorine.