Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they can contain pathogens and are highly resistant to treatment. Chemists at ...

How do bacteria adapt when resources run low? ISTA researchers have found that, under starvation stress, E. coli can use ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of cells. By systematically identifying thousands of rapidly evolving ...

Biofilms are multicellular networks that can grow almost anywhere. These slime-encased microbial colonies can survive harsh conditions and develop resistance to antimicrobial agents such as ...

New research shows that bacterial proteins injected into gut epithelial cells, rather than those left on the bacterial ...

Epithelial cells form the body's frontline barriers, helping keep microbes, toxins and other harmful substances out. Yet ...

New research in PLOS Biology reveals that bacterial uracil triggers gut ROS signaling and a single larval TrpA1-B neuron in ...

Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of dysentery, manipulates molecular activity to assure its survival against its host's ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are looking to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, as an alternative.

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the world's top public health threats. Often termed a silent pandemic, ...