Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack ...

Multiple ParA/MinD ATPases coordinate the positioning of disparate cargos in a bacterial cell. Nature Communications , 2023; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39019-x Cite This Page : ...

The human body contains 20 times more microbes than it does cells. In fact, a visitor from outer space might think the human race is just one big chain of microbe hotels.

Bacteria and viruses infect our cells through sugars: Now researchers want to know how they do it. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 04 ...

In the lab, human cancer cells show signs of cell growth after ingesting bacteria-killing viruses, a hint our cells might use bacteriophages as fuel. Skip to content. Subscribe or renew today ...

The thousands of bacteria in a colony can use their pili to tug on host cells with considerable total force—about 10,000 piconewtons, which So says is about the force of a human bite.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --We are in constant contact with small amounts of bacteria all day, but our phones are growing them out of control. Not only are they overloaded with germs, but they are also ...

How and where bacterial recognition triggers the induction of type I interferon is unclear. Teti and colleagues show that phagosomal bacteria trigger Toll-like receptor 7–dependent interferon ...

Contrary to what you will read in textbooks, the cell wall of anammox bacteria contains the structural molecule peptidoglycan after all. This is the conclusion of a group of microbiologists from ...

The cells are the size of a red blood cell and can be used to 'eat' bad bacteria such as E coli, deliver drugs to sites in the body and clean up pollution in water.

UBC researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that convert light to energy. Their cell generated a current stronger than any previously recorded from ...

Fuel cell pulls hydrogen out of bacteria Written by Michael Kanellos, Contributor April 25, 2005 at 3:35 p.m. PT A future source of energy may be festering in your bathroom sink.