In the future, Mihlan hopes to learn whether mast cells’ trapping strategy is a force for good in some cases, such as fighting off foreign bacteria.

They were what we now call prokaryotic cells, which include modern-day bacteria and archaea ... turn sunlight into energy, digest biomolecules, get rid of waste, and more. If prokaryotes are a loose ...

Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest some plastics ... The researchers focused on the system bacterial cells use for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs).

So, while humans lack specialized structures to digest cellulose ... as it's impossible to import the polymers inside bacterial cells. So at least some of the digestion products end up being ...

But 19 (56%) of the strains, including 11 fungi and eight bacteria, were able to digest PUR at 15°C ... involved in the break-down of plant cell walls,” said co-author Beat Frey, PhD, a ...