Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to processed food additives, revealing how modern diets can reshape microbial evolution worldwide.

An international team of researchers has identified specific bacteria in the gut that are associated with both mice and humans developing an addiction to food that can lead to obesity. They have also ...

Common food bacteria could be rewired to produce more vitamins—and "help to transform nutrition and medicine." This is the discovery of scientists at Rice University who have revealed how a bacterium ...

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella, E. coli and others, is present at ...

Your kitchen fridge, a silent guardian, can become a hidden health hazard if not maintained. Temperatures above 5°C and poor ...

Kundan Kumar Mishra, a graduate student in Shalini Prasad’s lab, loads a sensor into the READ FWDx, a proof-of-concept device designed to detect unwanted foodborne bacteria such as E. coli, listeria ...

If it seems like every time you check the news there’s yet another recall or alert about large numbers of people getting sick from eating a particular food, you’re not imagining things. There was a 41 ...

Biotech researcher Colleen Cutcliffe designed probiotics to help diabetics lower their blood sugar. Now she’s got a handful of expensive supplements for sale – and Halle Berry on board to help sell ...

A salmonella outbreak linked to raw oysters has infected at least 64 people in 22 states, the CDC says.  Salmonella are a group of food-borne bacteria that can cause diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps ...