In classical bacterial conjugation, one bacterium transfers genetic material to another through direct cell-to-cell contact.3 This can either be through a natural process or via artificial means.

Gut microbes can form appendages known as F-pili that link the cells to one another and move antibiotic resistance genes. It was once thought that the gastrointestinal tract was a harsh environment ...

FLICKR, J.B HILL The bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens lives by reducing metals, such as radioactive uranium, rendering them much less soluble and thus less of a threat to the environment. New ...

This work is a continuation of previous research published in 2020, when Zeng's team found a phage that can similarly break off the pili of E. coli cells, preventing the bacteria from sharing ...

Gut bacteria form extracellular appendages called F-pili to connect to each other and transfer packets of DNA, called genes, that allow them to resist antibiotics.

April 23, 2023 UK researchers have uncovered how F-pili, the appendages found on gut bacteria, exchange antimicrobial resistance genes Jonasz Patkowski/ Imperial College London View 1 Images ...

Depiction of bacteriophage PP7 (orange) at the cell surface of Pseudomonas aeruginosa detaching the bacterium’s pilus (blue). The researchers identified protein structures and interactions using ...

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, ...