Plasmid DNA quantitation enables efficient analysis of bacterial cultures grown in microplates with high sensitivity and ...

The problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has many health experts worried. As disease-causing bacteria adapt to some of our ways to reduce them, especially with antibiotics, it presents an arms ...

The term “plasmid” was coined by Joshua Lederberg in 1952 to describe extrachromosomal genetic elements observed during studies of bacterial conjugation and antibiotic resistance. Their transformation ...

Scientists have identified essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to 'displace' antibiotic resistance genes from bacteria. Birmingham scientists have identified ...

Tigecycline has become a vital last-resort antibiotic against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens, yet the recent emergence of plasmid-mediated resistance threatens its ...

An international collaboration has achieved an important breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow bacteria to build resistance to drugs. Bacteria have multiple defence ...

A new study published in The Lancet Microbe has found that the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between different bacteria is considerably more widespread than previously thought. The study is ...

The arms race between bacteria and antibiotics is nothing new — antimicrobial resistance has been an emerging issue in human and animal health for a long time. But in a new review, NC State ...

Engineered cell membranes help antibiotic carrying nanoparticles target drug resistant Gram negative bacteria, boosting ampicillin activity at far lower concentrations.