Improved bacterial cellulose could help create tougher, greener materials for things we use every day. As plastic waste ...

Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical—one that can kill them at high enough ...

Group B strep is a type of bacteria that many healthy people carry in their bodies: it naturally exists in the gut and lower ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

Based in the College of Veterinary Medicine, the team found that the bacteria can manipulate a protein known as ATF6, which helps cells detect and respond to infection, to support its own growth and ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." ...

Even a Single Bacterial Cell Can Sense the Seasons Changing Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it. The discovery ...

The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii splitting into multiple cells at once, a rare kind of cell division called multiple fission. C. matruchotii is one of the most common bacteria ...

The PrgK enzyme, which breaks down the bacterial cell wall, facilitates the transfer of properties between bacteria.

How bacteria surf cargo through the cell Study offers new insight into how bacteria coordinate movement within the cell before division Peer-Reviewed Publication Michigan Medicine - University of ...

Marine bacteria found in hot springs may be the closest living relatives of the ancient bacteria that transformed into mitochondria more than a billion years ago.