Bacteria

Tip Top Poultry has expanded its recall list due to concerns over listeria, a bacterium that can cause serious health problems for the infected, including stillbirths for pregnant women.

This enables germs to go under the radar and avoid being picked up by drugs.

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare, potentially fatal infection caused by several different types of bacteria which move rapidly through the body, attacking the skin and soft tissue.

Scientists were inspired by fecal transplants which restore the balance of gut bacteria.

According to an online poll of 2,000 men and women, 13 percent say they've worn the same pair for a week or more.

The bacteria, known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is found widely in the environment although infections usually occur in hospitals among people with weakened immune systems.

Cryptosporidium infection (cryptosporidiosis) is an illness caused by tiny, cryptosporidium parasites that live in water.

Did you know that your eyes host a unique menagerie of microbes?

This subterranean "wood wide web" underpins much of life on Earth and could play a crucial role in limiting climate change.

"The bacteria explosively eats away at the patients cornea in a matter of days," the doctor warned.

"He dies every day...I'm just replaying the build-up," Lynda Kiernan told Newsweek.

The masses of plastic could starve deep-sea ecosystems and hard animals, scientists fear.

Soil found in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, had long been reputed to have healing properties.

Not loving it.

The Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone is currently being explored as an area for deep sea mining.

The button mushroom was encased in graphene nanoribbons that extended through the stem to generate electricity.

"They are found in most foods, and many consume this added ingredient without their knowledge."

A study has shown children more prone to becoming obese had different populations of microbes in their mouths.

Around 700,000 people die every year as a result of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

75 of the 120 public beaches and 49 percent of freshwater sites tested had unsafe levels of fecal matter.

Bacteria found in the human gut could help save lives by transforming Type A blood into Type O blood.

Surgeons removed the hands and forearms of a New Jersey resident who had contracted the bacteria while crabbing last month.

The beaches tested positive for a harmful bacteria.

Around one in 10 people who get infected with the bacteria die.

Leprosy is caused by an infection of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, which can cause skin lesions, nerve damage, disfigurement and disability.

The most common gene found is resistant to an antibiotic that's frequently used.

And that's not the only way it uses bacteria.

Cyanobacteria could be harnessed by space colonists to produce oxygen and create a biosphere in which humans can live.

How many bacteria are alive today that could cause pandemics in the future?

Checking the plant numbers and Julian dates on a carton of eggs can help consumers avoid getting sick.