The structure provides fascinating insight into the peculiar molecular features that bacteria have evolved to enable them to float in a watery environment, and it sheds light on the ingenious ...

Scientists mapped the bacterial flagellum in atomic detail, revealing it as a target to disarm infections without killing ...

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

"Chatter" between bacteria in a biofilm helps colonies to scavenge food and defend against threats like antibiotics. New research has shown that these signals are affected by the structure of the ...

Washing healthcare uniforms at home might seem safe. But new research shows this common practice could actually be helping ...

An interdisciplinary research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has discovered a new group of bioactive natural compounds in pathogenic bacteria of the genus Pandoraea: pandorabactins. They enable ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers surveyed the global airborne bacterial communities to understand their community structure and biogeographic distribution patterns. In ...

Up on land, and at a tinier scale, are insects that rely on microbes to provide protection from environmental pathogens. The beewolf, a predatory wasp that kidnaps bees to feed to its own offspring, ...

Bacteria choose to swarm based on what happened to their great-grandparents. ... who studies bacterial structures called biofilms. In reality, bacteria frequently survive by working together.