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

These bacteria are totally unlike their brethren nearer the surface, and there might be even stranger bacteria further down. Earth’s crust only covers the top 1% of the planet’s outer volume.

In research published in Nature Microbiology in 2022, Worden's team used on-board cell sorting to identify one type of bacterial symbiont, dubbed Comchoano, within a species of choanoflagellate.

This unusual bacteria lives in our large intestine and survives off of mucin — the layer of mucus that covers the large intestine’s surface.

Using single-molecule tracking and high-resolution microscopy, researchers were able to see how the surface layer (S-layer) of Caulobacter crescentus bacteria forms and develops. This knowledge is ...

A spore from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis reveals bands, or protective coats, surrounding the spore's center. The outermost dark layer is a previously undetected extra coating of protection, which ...

Although the S-layers of some bacteria have been shown to have roles in virulence, adhesion and protection, the function of most S-layers was largely unclear. Here, ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are making it increasingly difficult to combat many infections. And types of bacteria classified as “Gram-negative” — which refers to the Gram staining method used to ...

The 3 1/2-foot-thick layer of bacteria thrives in low-oxygen conditions and was found at depths below 35 feet in the southern region of the canal. Dead and dying sea life ...

Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions. The process, which enables the bacteria to become practically indestructible ...

Bacteria can slip into the brain by commandeering cells in the brain’s protective layers, a new study finds. The results hint at how a deadly infection called bacterial meningitis takes hold.

This can lead to the depletion of the large intestine’s mucus layer – throwing the microbiome’s delicate ecosystem out of balance. This increases the chance of developing inflammatory diseases.