Learn more about a new, preliminary method that scientists are starting to use to control certain functions of bacteria.

A technique developed by Politecnico di Milano researchers is enabling scientists to control specific bacterial functions using light-sensitive materials. The Engineering of Bacteria to See Light (EOS ...

An artist's impression shows a ribosome variant within Bacillus subtilis (black) and surrounding magnesium ions (green dots). Researchers discovered that antibiotic resistance causes the ribosomes ...

SEVERAL papers have recently appeared describing substances produced by Bacillus subtilis which exhibit ... properties of nine of these antifungal antibiotics. It shows that whenever tested ...

Bacillus subtilis does nothing of the sort ... might be generally effective at identifying other naturally occurring antibiotics. Given the rise of drug resistance and the small number of drugs ...

To address this question, Galera-Laporta and Garcia-Ojalvo studied how the bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli respond to the antibiotic ampicillin (penicillin family). Alone ...

The possibility that oral Bacillus might be an effective alternative to antibiotic treatment for ... Then, they fed the mice B. subtilis spores. The rodents that received this treatment once ...

However, certain drug-resistant bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis with mutated L22 ribosomes, face a trade-off. To defend themselves against antibiotics, these bacteria tightly bind to magnesium.

So researchers have tried using topical antibiotics or antiseptics to ... a probiotic called Bacillus subtilis. They chose that bacteria based, in part, on a curious finding from a 2018 study ...

We've discovered an antibiotic that very specifically activates ... bacterium Bacillus cereus could stimulate the bacterium Bacillus subtilis to form a biofilm in response to an unknown secreted ...

While antibiotic resistance provides some advantages ... Studying a ribosome variant within Bacillus subtilis called "L22," the researchers found that competition for magnesium hinders the growth ...