A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

Using ribosome engineering (RE), researchers from Shinshu University introduced mutations affecting the protein synthesis ...

In what they labeled a "surprising" finding, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers studying bacteria from freshwater lakes and soil say they have determined a protein's essential role in maintaining the ...

Gut microbiome researcher Purna C. Kashyap, MBBS, shares the latest insights on the role of probiotics, disorders of the ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

A research team at the Hebrew University has shown that bacteria can survive antibiotic exposure via two distinct ...

Researchers have unseated a previous theory for the mechanism underlying bacterial flagella movement, changing our ...

The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...