Tel Aviv: Israeli researchers revealed on Tuesday that the way bacteria move plays a direct role in the spread of antibiotic resistance in a study that opens up new possibilities for fighting ...

Traditionally, natto was made by wrapping boiled soybeans in rice straw, which naturally contains the bacteria Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) on its surface. This allowed the bacteria to ferment ...

The research team discovered that the rotation of flagella in Bacillus subtilis acts as a mechanical signal that activates key conjugation genes. This enables donor bacteria to form clusters with ...

The study shows that in liquid environments, where bacteria rely on movement to navigate, the rotation of flagella acts as a mechanical signal that turns on a set of genes required for DNA transfer.

An underwater robot can delicately propel itself in any direction with its 12 flexible arms, inspired by the flagella of bacteria. Its creators claim it can carry out underwater inspections ...

The bacterium Bacillus subtilis can be found anywhere from soil to a human’s gastrointestinal tract. Known as hay or grass bacillus, B. subtilis is often used as an agricultural plant to deter ...

1Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. *Corresponding Author: Laronna Colbert, Office of Clinical Evaluation, CBER, U.S. Food and ...

State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Yaguan Road 135, Jinnan District, Tianjin 300350, PR China Frontiers Science Center for ...

SOME cilia and flagella beat in a complex three-dimensional manner, and, in addition, the angular velocity at the tip is greater than at the base. Presumably the bundle of fibrils which make up a ...

subtilis measures between 4 and 10 µm in length and 0.25–1 µm in diameter (Skerman et al., 1980). The bacterium is highly motile, especially during the exponential growth phase, using approximately 20 ...

The sperm flagellum is essential for male fertility. Despite vigorous research progress toward understanding the pathogenesis of flagellum-related diseases, much remains unknown about the mechanisms ...