Global warming weakens certain plant defenses and makes plants more prone to infections. New research helps explain why, and how to help them fight back.…
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Artistic rendering of Ca. Thiomargarita magnifica with dime. Credit: Mangrove photo by Pierre Yves Pascal; Illustration by Susan Brand/Berkeley Lab Though newly discovered bacteria are…
The newly developed method involves putting a small coating of zwitterionic material on a device and binding it to the underlying substrate using UV light. The resultant barrier…
According to new research, plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for new antibiotics. Many environmentalists point to plastic pollution in the…
The membranes of infectious bacteria are no match for molecular machines developed at Rice University. The machines are activated by visible light and drill into…
Hospital patients that are prescribed antibiotics are more likely to get fungal infections because of disruption to the immune system in the gut. Immune-boosting drugs…
Light microscope images of E. coli cells in transmitted light (left) and reflected light that picks up the red fluorescence of a dye staining the…
A new type of silver coating (illustrated above) could prevent bacteria from adhering to medical devices. Credit: Hossein Yazdani-Ahmadabadi According to folklore, silver bullets kill…
A Danish research study finds superbug C. difficile can jump between pigs and humans, providing evidence of zoonotic spread. A study investigating samples of the…
Illustration of the human gut microbiome. Microbes that safely break down antibiotics could prevent opportunistic infections and reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics are…
A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led research team studied how bacteria swim in complex fluids, providing insight into how the microorganisms move through different environments,…
Cryo-EM illuminated never-before-seen structures in the membrane of the protein. Credit: Northwestern University State-of-the-art method reveals never-before-seen atomic structures controlling the process. Methanotrophic bacteria consume…
Researchers have determined the structure of the unique ‘gateway’ that pneumococcus uses to steal manganese from the body. Credit: University of Melbourne Australian researchers have…
Clarkson University Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Ali Boolani is performing research to determine if gut microbiome and metabolomic pathways in the gut could be…
New research from Griffith University has shown that a bacterium commonly present in the nose can sneak into the brain and set off a cascade…
Scientists with the Marine Biological Laboratory discovered a new form of genetic modification in a tiny organism called a bdelloid rotifer (Adineta vaga, center, seen…
Some oral bacteria linked with hypertension in older women according to a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association. In a study…
Line-scanning high-speed atomic force microscopy measures the ‘firing’ of the bacteriorhodopsin protein at millisecond temporal resolution when the light is turned on. The bar at…
Melanoma patients receiving therapy that helps their immune system kill cancer cells respond to treatment differently depending on the types of microbes in their gut,…
The spectacular structure of the protective armor of superbug C. difficile has been revealed for the first time showing the close-knit yet flexible outer layer…