Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can act as electric wiring, according to a new study. The bacteria, named Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, could usher in a "new era of ...

Bacterial exposure increasing cancer risk: The study found that exposure to a toxic bacteria, colibactin, in childhood may increase the likelihood of developing colon cancer earlier in life ...

In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria. New research reveals just how clever these bacterial invaders can be. Plants ...

The glycocalyx coats BBB’s luminal surface ... derived from secreted protease of C1 esterase inhibitor (StcE), a bacterial enzyme that specifically cleaves mucin domains. The researchers used ...

Epithelial cells that line the small intestine are protected by a carbohydrate-rich layer called the glycocalyx, which prevents bacteria from coming in direct contact with the cells. A key ...

Importantly, it is not only the GAGs of the apical glycocalyx that are depleted by mycolactone ... UK), which had been inoculated intradermally with 30 μl of the bacterial suspension or vehicle ...

Of the range of GI barrier-related molecules with which bacterial pathogens interact, mucins as a common family of molecules present in secreted mucus and in the glycocalyx are receiving increasing ...

Infrequent exposure In bacteria, CRISPR serves as a memory immune response. When bacteria encounter viral DNA, they can incorporate part of the sequence into their own DNA. Then, if the virus is ...

These first microbes would have been extremely simple. Meanwhile, viruses degrade more easily than bacteria, so there are no physical fossils of viruses. Related: What was the first animal on Earth?

The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that bacteria didn't have enzymes that could digest them. Evolution has started to change that ...

E. coli has many short arms, known as pili, which the bacterium uses to recognize its host's glycocalyx and cling onto it. "The bacteria use their pili to bind to the sensor in several places ...