A highly contagious disease is alarmingly on the rise in one US state. Cases of dysentery, also called shigellosis, are ...

Bacteria are classified into different groups depending on their shape. There are five distinct bacterial shapes: spherical, rod, spiral, comma, and corkscrew. Bacteria, just like any other living ...

Bacteria present in some people's guts may help break down cholesterol, making them less susceptible to heart disease, a new ...

Clostridium botulinum is a rod-shaped bacteria that produces lethal toxins under low-oxygen conditions that can cause botulism, leading to difficulty breathing, respiratory and muscle paralysis ...