In recent years, scientists have begun to reveal the myriad ways that gut microbes can impact our health; they had identified ...

It has been a year ago since bacteria from war-wounded at hospitals in Ukraine were analyzed. The study showed that some of the bacteria types had total resistance to antibiotics. Now, the same ...

A research team led by Prof Dr Christian Hertweck at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) has discovered a new group of bioactive natural products in ...

An interdisciplinary research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has discovered a new group of bioactive natural compounds in pathogenic bacteria of the genus Pandoraea: pandorabactins. They enable ...

Researchers are combining vaccines with harmless bacteria that compete with intestinal pathogens for food. Studies on mice show that this combination is more effective than vaccination or treatment ...

The bacteria and fungi living on your skin play a surprising role in keeping us healthy. Is it possible to give them a boost? All-the-more reason to look after our skin microbiome. But how do we do ...