The Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath conducted a research on the transmission of Klebsiella bacteria between people and the environment. While the bugs are present in livestock, pets, and the general environment, an international team of scientists investigating the spread of a deadly drug-resistant Klebsiella bacteria has discovered these bacteria rarely reach humans through environment.

Hospitals are MORE RISKY than farms, Here's why

On Tuesday, a study published in the Lancet journal said that bacterial infections were the second leading cause of death worldwide and accounted for nearly one in eight of all deaths in 2019, a year before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bacterial infections killed nearly eight million people, second-leading cause of death in 2019: Study

According to recent research, ancient microbes may be dozing beneath the surface of Mars, protected from the harsh radiation of space for millions of years. Although there hasn't been any proof of life on Mars, scientists recreated its environment in a lab to explore if bacteria and fungi could survive.

Ancient bacteria, shielded from harsh space radiation, might be sleeping on Martian surface

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that an E. coli outbreak in four states from an unidentified food source is being investigated. Many of the sick people are alleged to have eaten sandwiches at Wendy's Co.

E. coli outbreak investigated by US CDC as some Wendy's customers get sick

Israeli researchers are aiming to create a "precision weapon" made of bacteria-fighting viruses to combat intestinal ailments. Phase 1 clinical studies of two separate virus "cocktails" have been conducted; preliminary findings suggest that they are safe, and substantial in vitro and animal testing suggests that they are antibacterial.

Israeli scientists create ‘precision weapon’ consisting of viruses that eliminate bowel-harming bacteria

Researchers at the Physical Intelligence Department of Max Planck Institute in Germany have made a breakthrough that can help fight cancer. Reportedly, the scientists at the institute, combining elements of robotics and biology have developed magnetically-controlled microscopic robots that can reach tumour cells and battle cancer.

Scientists develop microrobots that surround a cancer cell and kill it

A research team at Binghamton University has found a way to power biobatteries for weeks using bacteria. Researchers said they are doing it using three different types of bacteria.

Researchers use bacteria to generate power: How does it work?

Scientists have unearthed the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove. The bacteria is big enough to be viewed by the naked eye. The research which appeared in Science journal said Thiomargarita magnifica "although thin and tubular stretched more than a centimetre in length".

Scientists discover world's largest bacterium in Caribbean swamp

Bacteria in Antarctica have been discovered with genes that give them natural antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance and have the potential to spread out of the polar regions, according to scientists in Chile.

Bacteria with antibiotic resistant genes discovered in Antarctica

The food poisoning event in Kerala that claimed the life of a 16-year-old girl who ate chicken shawarma at a restaurant was caused by Shigella germs. Shigellosis is the infection it causes.

Shigella: Bacteria that killed an Indian girl after she ate shawarma in Kerala

Methane-consuming bacteria can generate power. Generating power while purifying the environment of greenhouse gases?. It should be possible using bacteria, says a study. Candidatus Methanoperedens use methane to grow. They naturally occur in freshwater.

Methane-consuming bacteria can generate power

Modern problems require modern solution is a catchphrase used in many memes but ingenuity of scientists and artists sometimes makes us believe the urban adage. When one says the word 'bacteria' it generally elicits a negative sentiment.

Michelangelo's chapel in Florence restored with help from bacteria

Researchers in Australia discovered evidence that bacteria in the nose can enter the brain via nasal cavity nerves, triggering a chain of events that could lead to Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists discover link between bacteria in nose and Alzheimer's disease 

On Mars, scientists have devised a method for producing rocket fuel that may be used by future astronauts to return to Earth. Carbon dioxide, sunshine, and frozen water—all resources native to Mars—might be combined with two types of bacteria that would need to be brought by way of a preliminary trip, according to Georgia Institute of Technology researchers.

Fuel from microbes: Bacteria to be used as fuel source for future astronauts returning to Earth

In the Arctic in Sweden's far north, about 10 kilometres, east of the tiny town of Abisko, global warming is happening three times faster than in the rest of the world.

Studying permafrost: Thaw could release bacteria and viruses; scientists alarmed

In a recent development in Chile, a scientist is testing "metal-eating" bacteria to help her clean up the country's highly-polluting mining industry. In her laboratory in Antofagasta, which happens to be an industrial town 1,100-kilometers north of Santiago, the biotechnologist named Nadac Reales has been carrying out tests with extremophiles, which is organisms that live in extreme environments.

'Meat eating' bacteria: An attempt to clean up mining industry by a Chilean scientist

Researchers claim to have found the oldest strain of bacteria responsible for the deadly bubonic plague which killed millions of people across Asia and Europe in the mid-1300s.

Scientists discover oldest strain of bacteria responsible for bubonic plague

Scientists have developed a new way to remove polluting microplastics from the environment and they are trusting bacteria for this task. Bacteria naturally form a group and stick to surfaces, creating an adhesive substance called "biofilm".

Bacteria can be the answer to remove microplastics from environment

The United States may be in for some more trouble. After inducting the world’s highest coronavirus fatalities while simultaneously witnessing one of its biggest waves of anti-racism protests in recent history, the country may be dealing with flesh-eating bacteria.

United States reports five cases of infections caused by a flesh-eating bacteria

Scientists have found a radiation-resistant bacteria can survive at least three years exposed in orbit, suggesting simple life forms could manage the long journey between between Earth and Mars unprotected.

Bacteria can survive cosmic trip: International Space Station study

Nearly 500 people have been infected in eastern China with bacteria that cause dysentery after drinking contaminated water, state media said Monday, prompting the closure of a local water plant.

Hundreds fall ill in China after consuming contaminated water

Scientists have warned that the wreckage of the Titanic, which sank in 1912 killing more 1,500 people, is deteriorating rapidly due to the particular types of bacteria that inhabit the ship.

New video shows Titanic deterioration

Deodorant not enough to stop your body odour? A new futuristic-style bodysuit embedded with live bacteria could help combat those unpleasant smells. The pale grey, long-sleeved "Skin II" has been inserted with healthy probiotic bacteria, which reduces the smell of BO whilst also helping the immune system and encouraging cell renewal, its designer said. Bacteria is embedded into the fabric of the bodysuit in areas where you are most likely to sweat, including the armpits and upper back. It is activated by contact with moisture on the body, so when you sweat, it colonises on the skin to become the dominant bacteria, making it less likely that you'll smell, designer Rosie Broadhead said.

Body odour? Bacteria-embedded bodysuit could help

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome kills over 50 children in Bihar. Bihar has been battling 'AES' for 25 years. 'AES' can be caused by Bacteria, Fungi, & Viruses. UP was also hitted hard by 'AES' in 2017. Watch this video to know more.

India Watch: 'Acute Encephalitis Syndrome' Breakout

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