Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day even the playing field. A recent study shows that gene-edited bacteria can ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables ...

Targeting unique metabolic pathways in pathogens offers a novel approach to precision antibiotics, addressing the growing ...

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in bacteria grown in mucus samples and biofilms.

Understanding bacterial growth mechanisms can potentially help uncover novel drug targets that are crucial for maintaining cellular viability, particularly for bacterial pathogens. In this important ...

Resistance evolution in response to stimulatory antibiotics is driven by epigenetic modifications and mutations in metabolic ...

The bacterial cell wall is crucial to maintain viability. It has previously been suggested that Gram-positive bacteria have a periplasmic region between the cell membrane and peptidoglycan cell wall ...

Dr. CHAO Yanjie at the Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dr. WANG Chuan from Fudan University revealed how a bacterial pathogen coordinates ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created nanostructured alumina surfaces which are strongly antibacterial ...