Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with 559,000 yearly deaths worldwide, and many of them come from hospital-acquired ...

Dangerous' bacteria can survive in sterile hospitals by munching on plastic medical equipment, new research warns ...

This ability may allow the bacteria to persist longer on hospital surfaces and inside medical devices—areas once assumed to ...

A dangerous hospital superbug has been found to digest plastic—specifically the kind used in some sutures, stents and ...

A new study reveals that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common hospital bacteria in India, can degrade medical-grade plastic. This ...

A common hospital bacterium can eat plastic in sutures and stents, making infections harder to control and medical gear ...

Researchers in the United Kingdom identified an enzyme, which they called Pap1, in a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

A chance discovery made by a scientist and amateur beekeeper has led to a potentially game-changing discovery in the biodegrading of polyethylene, a plastic ... a species of bacteria to degrade ...

Each summer, as the waters along the U.S. coastline heat up, cases of flesh-eating bacteria start to grow. The bacteria — which can be deadly, depending on the type — thrives in water with ...