Antibiotic resistance in the environment is a growing and largely overlooked crisis receiving inconsistent attention that may very well have dire consequences for human health, according to a new ...

By analyzing Escherichia coli (E. coli) genomes, researchers have shown that antimicrobial resistant bacteria and the genes ...

Amoebae living in a creek in Mumbai are acting as a "Trojan horse," harboring and protecting multidrug resistant bacteria, ...

The role of bacteriophages -- viruses that infect bacteria -- could be crucial in the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria, and this process could favor the emergence of resistant ...

This paper examines two cases of collective resistance involving partnerships between local grassroots organisations and external environmental NGOs against governmentsanctioned land use policies in ...