E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The ...

The initiation of bacterial transcription in E. coli serves as a model for transcription in Bacteria, Eukarya and Archaea. This is the first time that structural features of activator-driven ...

Scientists measured the emissions of bioaerosols containing S. aureus and E. coli under various flushing conditions and ventilation scenarios in both restrooms.

Researchers in Fiji's informal settlements are using their own footsteps to detect the hidden pathogens in soil that traditional techniques often miss.

Bacterial mRNAs begin with a triphosphate on the first transcribed nucleotide, but RNase E, the endonuclease long thought to initiate mRNA decay in Escherichia coli, only works well on RNA with a ...