Multiple ParA/MinD ATPases coordinate the positioning of disparate cargos in a bacterial cell. Nature Communications, 2023; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39019-x ...

Advanced imaging has revealed how a membrane protein’s unique structure enables a bacterial predator to attack and consume ...

Improved understanding of how bacterial defense mechanisms operate may help scientists select phages with the best chance of ...

Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant, which is to say that some may be able to evade the effects of antibiotics, while ...

Bacteria live in nearly every habitat on earth including within soil, water, acidic hot springs and even within our own guts. Many are involved in fundamental processes like fermentation, ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the ...

The researchers coated the bacteria with a mineral that could act as a semiconductor, and applied the mixture to a glass surface. With the coated glass acting as an anode at one end of their cell, ...

Researchers studying bacteria from freshwater lakes and soil say they have determined a protein's essential role in maintaining the germ's shape. Because the integrity of a bacterial cell's ...

In a variety of models including human colorectal cancer tissue, models generated from patient cell lines, and mouse models of metastatic lung and liver tumors, the bacterial toxin was found to ...

When bacteria hoover up cell-free DNA into their cells, it’s called natural competence. So, competent bacteria can sample their nearby environment and, in doing so, acquire genes that may ...