A laboratory experiment suggests caffeine may boost E. coli’s antibiotic resistance. However, whether this discovery applies ...

IntroductionPenicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) synthesize and remodel the peptidoglycan layer of the bacterial cell wall, ...

The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies ...

Scientists have found that a type of chemical reaction which takes place in living cells can be catalysed by phosphate molecules present in the gut bacteria E coli, known to cause urinary tract ...

The team also observed a weak spot, less than 100 nm in diameter, in a dividing E. coli cell that ruptured, causing cell depressurization and death. Interestingly, the bursting cell caused ...