Hold out your hands, palms up, and move them so they are on top of each other. With a little experimentation—and perhaps a ...

In the world of microorganisms, microbes compete for turf, spew chemicals at foes, and sometimes exploit the microscopic ...

e.g., on the specific position and orientation of the bacteria. The results provide a clear indication of the feasibility of constructing a hybrid bioplasmonic system using live cells. Future work ...

Certain bacteria, including S ... resulting in swift killing of the bug by immune cells. The orientation of binding was dictated by the local antibody concentration -- low antibody levels ...

would introduce polarization microscopy to bacterial cell biology," Garner says. This paper was his opportunity. With polarization microscopy, scientists can visualize the orientation of ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the bacteria ...

John Glass, PhD is a synthetic biologist at the J. Craig Venter Institute. Glass was part of the team that created the first bacterial cell with a chemically synthesized genome. View Full Profile.

Studying bacterial interactions with actin is still throwing up new mysteries. These microbes all enjoy at least part of their lives shielded from the onslaught of white blood cells, antibodies, and ...

Not all individuals in a population of bacteria are identical. Some may be on the verge of cell division, others are differentiating, others are in the process of adapting to changing environmental ...