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

Cryo-electron microscopy structures of the complete Lpt bridge show that a single transmembrane helix of LptC acts as a ...

The surface of the skin is home to a variety of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and mites, which are ...

Communication between cells in plants, animals and humans takes place via specialized connecting structures. An international team led by biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and ...

Reproducing such three-dimensional microbial environments in the laboratory, however, is not easy. Conventional methods have typically relied on gels and other materials to hold 3D structures in place ...

A new study finds that cultivated edible mushroom mycelia host bacterial communities that are conserved in diversity but ...

Many people may have the image that polyphenols are "components that are ingested from food and work directly within the body."However, the world of polyphenols is not that simple.Some of the ...

Scientists have mapped in unprecedented detail the structure of Vibrio bacteria, which can cause life-threatening infections linked to antibiotic resistance. The King's College London team behind the ...

The assembly pathway behind refractile-body proteins may have finally been resolved, researchers from Science Tokyo report.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 6, SDG 13, SDG 14, and SDG 15. The study of bacterial systems through the lens of physics is a rapidly evolving field that ...

Bacteria are traditionally imagined as single-cell organisms, spread out sparsely over surfaces or suspended in liquids, but in many environments the true bacterial mode of growth is in sticky ...