Tuberculosis bacterium uses sluice to import vitamins
New insights into the physiology of bacteria and cellsCredit: Greg Stewart / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A transport protein that ...
Tag: Bacteriology
A genetic nano-toolkit for the generation of new biomaterials
Bayreuth microbiologists use bacteria to produce multifunctional magnetic nanoparticlesCredit: Image: Frank Mickoleit / Clarissa Lanzloth. Magnetic bacteria might soon be ...
Research breakthrough: Humans are not the first to repurpose CRISPR
UCPH Researchers have discovered that primitive bacterial parasites weaponize CRISPR to engage in battle against one anotherCredit: Rafael Pinilla-Redondo In ...
Images reveal how bacteria form communities on the human tongue
Credit: Steven Wilbert and Gary Borisy, The Forsyth Institute Using a recently developed fluorescent imaging technique, researchers in the United ...
Even bacteria need their space: Squished cells may shut down photosynthesis
Credit: Kristin A. Moore and Jeffrey C. Cameron Introverts take heart: When cells, like some people, get too squished, they ...
Study reveals how long COVID-19 remains infectious on cardboard, metal and plastic
Research suggests that people may acquire the coronavirus through the air and by touching contaminated surfacesCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA The virus ...
Novel bacterial acid tolerance system sheds light on development of antimicrobials
Credit: ZHAO Mohan Growth ability at acidic conditions is important to bacteria. Enteric bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella ...
Published consensus statement offers UTI treatment recommendations
TTUHSC assistant professor helps AMDA committee efforts to protect antibioticsCredit: TTUHSC They are among the most common ailments for those ...
Viewpoint: Could disease pathogens be the dark matter behind Alzheimer’s disease?
Credit: Graphic by Shireen Dooling for the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University For researchers investigating Alzheimer's Disease (AD), a ...
Once overlooked cellular messengers could combat antibiotic resistance
Credit: Children's National Hospital Children's National Hospital researchers for the first time have isolated bacterial extracellular vesicles from the blood ...
Bacteria form biofilms like settlers form cities
New research from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine gives a satellite-level view of how biofilms grow and ...
Solving obesity: Could manipulating microbes offer an alternative to weight loss surgery?
Credit: Biodesign Institute at ASU Already considered a global epidemic, human obesity continues to be on the rise. According to ...
Something in the water
Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virusCredit: D'Or Institute for ...
New nano strategy fights superbugs
Rice University material 'traps and zaps' floating DNA that makes bacteria resistantCredit: Illustration by Danning Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (March ...
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