As a result, this capsule is a primary target for ... leading to stunted growth or even cell death. This explains why most bacteria have evolved to keep their transporters highly selective ...

Using advanced proteomics technologies, research teams from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health at the Chinese ...

coli populations and mapped the emergence of genes encoding the K1 capsule. The results surprised McCarthy’s team. Approximately 25 percent of the sampled bacteria encoded genes for the K1 capsule, ...

and he observed that these bacteria had the smooth capsules characteristic of the S strain. Based on these observations, Griffith hypothesized that a chemical component from the virulent S cells ...

While studying white blood cells, Miescher isolated ... scientists knew that some types of these bacteria (called "S type") had an outer layer called a capsule, but other types (called "R type ...

These phages contain receptor binding proteins in their tail fibers, which recognize and bind to specific host receptors present on bacterial cell walls, appendages (e.g., pili and flagella), or ...

Probiotics contain different types of micro-organisms such as yeast (saccharomyces boulardii) and bacteria (such as ... and as dietary supplements (capsules, tablets, powders).