SOUTH PORTLAND (WGME) -- Routine testing recently found bacteria from a sewage pipe leak on Willard Beach. Now, crews say they've found more bacteria from an area they didn't expect. Fresh pavement ...

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New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria — and that can have an impact on humans.

Cholera-causing bacteria are locked in an evolutionary arms race with a viral nemesis, according to a new genomic study.

The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and blood-filled tissues. The bacteria that cause anthrax are called Bacillus ...

New research suggests drought can stoke antibiotic resistance in soil bacteria, and those genes can end up in human pathogens.

The new study represents the first known bacteriological assessment of this scale in sharks and rays in Brazil, and its findings highlight the urgent need for more research in this area. Sharks and ...

DNA testing detected horse fecal bacteria at 3 of 4 sites in Palma Sola Bay. Trace amounts of horse DNA raise contamination concerns but remain unquantified. Environmental groups plan more sampling to ...

New genetic test results by local environmental groups show that horses are one of the contributing factors to Palma Sola Bay’s water quality issues. But the results, which also identify birds as a ...