The Latest Breaking News from Bacteria

Real-world technology is often foretold by science fiction. In 1927, characters in the film Metropolis made video calls to each other. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry hung flat-screen colour monitors on the walls of the Enterprise decades before we did the same in our living rooms.

A vast combination of microorganisms live in our gut, including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Collectively, we refer to this as the the microbiome.

Scarlet fever is more common in children but adults can also contract the bacterial infection

UK outbreak has already led to the deaths of 24 children and localised shortages of antibiotics used to treat the bacterial infection

We’ve all suffered from bad breath at some stage. But for many people, it’s a daily struggle they grapple with to find a treatment or cure.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Those sweet shellfish may be tempting, but eating oysters in Florida has been dangerous this year.

Probiotics were found to help reduce halitosis, scientists say

The products may contain Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause symptoms including high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, sickness and diarrhoea

Booger transplants, anyone?