Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

They found that the rod-shaped bacteria contained long strands of polymers. When a round shape was induced in the same type of bacteria, by adding chemicals or making genetic changes, the polymer was ...

Bacteria Have Histones After All: Study Researchers identify hundreds of candidate histone proteins in bacteria, including one with an unusual way of binding to DNA.

Atypical amyloid A protein from Staphylococcus aureus bacteria makes amyloids from sheets of curly alpha helices (left) rather than the typical flat beta strands (right).

Researchers make a plastic that includes bacteria that can digest it Bacterial spores strengthen the plastic, then revive to digest it in landfills.

Researchers have identified evolutionary hotspots in DNA where mutations are more likely. The study authors say these findings will help us in the future to predict the evolution of bacteria and ...