Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

In most people, these bacteria coexist peacefully and contribute to a mutually beneficial relationship, with both human and ...

Mycobacteria are the world's most deadly bacteria --c ausing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these ...

Researchers have discovered that a key bacterial protein, CsrA, gathers in a droplet-like structure inside cells to control when and how bacteria activate their disease-causing genes. This newly ...

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

University of Otago scientists are harnessing the power of peptides – the body's own tiny protein molecules – for a spray to help the red meat industry solve headaches around bacterial contamination ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...