burgdorferi’s peptidoglycans compared with other bacteria. “That was kind of the impetus of the study, to figure out if the chemical components of the peptidoglycan were important in the ...

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 ...

It involves using bacteria to produce fibers that can help heal bones. Sabrina Kopf, Ph.D. in Polymer Technology, has investigated a special type of bioplastic, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA ...

As the bacteria grow, they spit out peptidoglycan, a component of the cell wall that acts like a large molecular bag. These remnants can still cause inflammation if injected into healthy mice.

nov. (strain WWM1085). Archaea are a distinct domain of life—along with bacteria and eukaryotes (i.e., organisms with a cell nucleus such as animals, plants and fungi). Although they appear ...

We have discovered, for the first time in the world, bacteria that parasitize the methanogenic archaea, which play a central role in anaerobic wastewater treatment systems. The ultrasmall ...

Researchers have succeeded in cultivating an ultra-small bacterial strain parasitizing archaea and classified it as new species and genus of Minisyncoccus archaeiphilus. AIST researchers, in ...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to identify 25 new protein compounds that can kill bacteria and fungi, including two that showed particular potency against skin and lung infections ...

To understand mirror bacteria, we first need to take a look at one of the key properties of the molecules of life as we know them; they have homochirality, or uniformity of “handedness”.

Promotes Health and Longevity through Different Bacteria-derived Molecules in ... polysaccharides (PSs), water-insoluble arabinogalactan peptidoglycan (AGP), and organic polar lipids.

To reconstruct Luca’s genome, we needed a sample of genomes (all the genetic information in an organism) from across different groups of bacteria and archaea (single cell organisms distinct from ...

Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock Archaea are a group of single-celled microorganisms that represent a separate domain of life, next to bacteria and eukarya. Although they typically reside ...