Trained immunity in alveolar macrophages can lead to damaging lung inflammation, confirming the importance of context in this phenomenon.

At ETH Zurich, scientists from many different fields are working on something that seems straight out of science fiction.

A herbal mouthwash selectively killed off bad bacteria in the mouth while preserving the good strains, according to a new ...

This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria.

Genetically similar bacteria can differ in shape and behavior, even in lab settings. A recent study shows that this ...

ASU professor Glen D’Souza joined The Show to speak more about what he’s discovered about these bacteria: Not only will ...

Spatial metabolomics is transforming our understanding of microbial systems by uncovering the localized molecular dynamics ...

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they can contain pathogens and are highly resistant to treatment. Chemists ...

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of ...

This membraneless compartment, resembling a droplet-like structure inside cells, acts as a temporary control center, regulating when and how bacteria activate their disease-causing genes.

While prokaryotic cells do not have membrane-bound structures, they do have distinct cellular regions (Figure 1). In prokaryotic cells, DNA bundles together in a region called the nucleoid. Primitive ...

The Corynebacterium cells in dental plaque are like a big, bushy tree in the forest; they create a spatial structure that provides the habitat for many other species of bacteria around them ...