Bacteria Know How to Exploit Quantum Mechanics to Steer Energy
Photosynthetic bacteria adapt to environment by using quantum mechanics to steer energy. Photosynthetic organisms harvest light from the sun to produce the energy they need…
Photosynthetic bacteria adapt to environment by using quantum mechanics to steer energy. Photosynthetic organisms harvest light from the sun to produce the energy they need…
Research teams from UNIGE have discovered that the cytoskeleton of the malaria parasite comprises a vestigial form of an organelle called conoid, initially thought to…
Membrane-localized phage proteins may also help revitalize, enhance existing antibiotics. A study from the Center for Phage Technology, part of Texas A&M’s College of Agriculture…
Modern hospitals and antibiotic treatment alone did not create all the antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria we see today. Instead, selection pressures from before the widespread…
Study suggests forcing bacteria to burn more energy could make them more susceptible to antibiotics. Bacteria have many ways to evade the antibiotics that we…
Process paves a road to safe, ethical, and fast drug manufacturing. Envisioning an animal-free drug supply, scientists have — for the first time — reprogrammed…
Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement or replace functions of their…
Cyanobacteria Could Revolutionize the Plastic Industry Microbiologists at the University of Tübingen modify bacteria to produce climate-neutral and rapidly degradable bioplastics. Cyanobacteria produce plastic naturally…
A diverse group of researchers is working to turn new discoveries about the trillions of microbes in the body into treatments for a range of…
Osaka City University demonstrates success of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) by revealing the coordinated effort of bacteriophages (phages) and their host bacteria in restoring human…
The use of weed killers can increase the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in soil, a new study from the University of York shows. Herbicides…
Technique creates highly customized structures that could be used in regenerative medicine. A team at Aalto University has used bacteria to produce intricately designed three-dimensional…
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions have identified a novel strategy that can eliminate bacteria in a specific location before they cause…
Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood. Eating too much fat and sugar as a child can alter your microbiome for life, even…
Mechanism for control of antibiotic production in soil bacteria is visualized for the first time by scientists at University of Warwick and Monash University Research…
Salk researchers make unexpected discoveries about how a particular microbe influences animal behavior. As scientists learn more about the microorganisms that colonize the body—collectively called…
The COVID-19 pandemic is raising fears of new pathogens such as new viruses or drug-resistant bacteria. To this, a Korean research team has recently drawn…
Humans have them, so do other animals and plants. Now research reveals that bacteria too have internal clocks that align with the 24-hour cycle of…