Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria--such as how they synthesise their protective capsules--is essential for developing new ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria—such as how they synthesise their protective capsules—is essential for developing ...

Sweet bacterium keeps track of time Date: November 18, 2014 Source: Université de Genève Summary: Researchers are studying the Caulobacter crescentus bacterium because of its developmental ...

The sensor allows the bacteria to evade the body's immune response ... Professor Tang's team found that increasing temperature causes the bacteria to make more of a protective layer, or capsule, ...

The scientists also linked capsule shedding to as much as an eight-fold increase in the bacteria's ability to invade human lung epithelial cells, which lays the groundwork for invasive disease.

When they added a bacteriophage enzyme to a blend of human serum and E. coli, it stripped the bacteria of its protective cloak, allowing the human immune system to attack the pathogen. In the future, ...

MHH researchers explain how pathogens establish a connection between their cell surface and their protective capsules Bacteria have different strategies for protecting themselves. Some bacterial ...

One type of B. anthracis, called the Ames strain, is particularly virulent because it can wrap itself in a protective capsule of poly-D-glutamic acid that acts like a cloak of invisibility, helping ...

This engineered CapD enzyme with bits of antibody stuck to it can break apart the capsule of B. anthracis bacteria, allowing the immune system to fight back [Adapted from ACS Infectious Diseases ...