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 ...

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, ...

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 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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

In particular, they sought to combat Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli, cholera, and salmonella because they contain a protective capsule that makes them particularly good at fighting back ...