How Chlamydia gain access to human cells
Publication in Nature CommunicationsCredit: HHU / Jan Galle Chlamydia are bacteria that can infect human and animal cells. Human health ...
Tag: Bacteriology
New insight on how bacteria evolve drug resistance could lead to improved antibiotic therapies
Exploiting a strategy known as collateral sensitivity in bacteria could lead to the development of novel and sustainable treatmentsCredit: Barbosa ...
Bird bacteria is key to communication and mating
Credit: Nicole M. Gerlach Birds use odor to identify other birds, and researchers at Michigan State University have shown that ...
Turning a dangerous toxin into a biosensor
Credit: Chan Cao, EPFL Some types of bacteria have the ability to punch holes into other cells and kill them. ...
A weapon to make a superbug to become more deadly
Professor Chen and his team carried out experiments to compare the survival rates of the mice infected with different bacterial ...
Antibiotics with novel mechanism of action discovered
Credit: Matthias Urfer, UZH The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a matter of global concern. According to the World ...
Bacterial lifestyle alters the evolution of antibiotic resistance
Credit: Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23, 2019 - How bacteria live -- whether as independent cells or in a ...
Stingless bee species depend on a complex fungal community to survive
A report published in PLOS ONE describes key roles of various microorganisms in the development of the larvae of Scaptotrigona ...
Single mutation dramatically changes structure and function of bacteria’s transporter proteins
Study of E. coli bacteria may provide clues about drug resistanceCredit: Nathaniel Traaseth and Ampon Sae Her (CC BY 4.0) ...
Transient and long-term disruption of gut microbes after antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment can disrupt the gut microbiome at the strain level, with changes lasting as long as 6 monthsCredit: UAB ...
DNA-reeling bacteria yield new insight on how superbugs acquire drug-resistance
A new imaging method invented at Indiana University leads to a discovery about how bacteria use thin hair-like surface appendages ...
Lifestyle is a threat to gut bacteria: Ötzi proves it
A study that was published today in Cell Host & Microbe explored for the first time the variation and evolution ...
Newly discovered virus infects bald eagles across America
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America's bald eagle ...
Tiny droplets allow bacteria to survive daytime dryness on leaves
Bacteria on the surface of leaves survive dryness during the day by huddling in tiny droplets -- a finding that ...
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