The unusual molecular makeup of Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, may hold clues for understanding and treating the tick-borne disease.

Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It ...

When Treg cells are produced, they are trained to recognize specific peptides, including self-peptides from the body. When dendritic cells present a self-peptide, the peacekeeper Treg cells trained to ...

Discover the essential facts about chancroid, a lesser-known but serious STI that causes painful genital ulcers and increases ...

New research led by the University of Sydney has revealed the potential of engineered proteins to more precisely deliver ...

Their results revealed that it has some morphological differences from other cable bacteria, as well as genetic similarities ...

Researchers have developed the Human Intestinal Bacteria Collection (HiBC), comprising 340 gut bacterial strains from 198 ...

Learn more about Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, a new species of cable bacteria - named after the Yaqona people - that could ...

Mechanism whereby T cell plasticity, a process originating in the gut and aided by gut microbiota, promotes autoimmunity at gut-distal sites.

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique ...

Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that can act as electric wiring, according to a new study. The bacteria, ...

Telomere phages, once ignored, help bacteria fight rivals using telocins. These toxins may target antibiotic-resistant ...