A: Animal; ACE: Accessory cholera enterotoxin; H: Human; ZOT: Zonula occludens toxin.

Synthetic biology techniques have emerged as transformative tools in the tug-of-war between humans and drug-resistant ...

Bacterial genomics is a scientific discipline that concerns the genome, encompassing the entire hereditary information, of bacteria. Bacterial genomics can, for example, be used to study bacterial ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

Bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine (SIBO) is usually treated with antibiotics, but some alternative healthcare practitioners also recommend trying natural remedies such as a low carbohydrate ...

This valuable study proposes a novel rapid-entry mechanism of S. aureus that involves the rapid release of calcium from lysosomes. The strength of the paper lies in a very interesting hypothesis; what ...

In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial diseases.

Bacteria modify their ribosomes when exposed to widely used antibiotics, according to research published in Nature Communications. The subtle changes might be enough to alter the binding site of ...

These bacteria compete with viruses for resources, thus limiting a pathogen’s ability to replicate and transmit diseases such as dengue, Zika fever, and chikungunya.

Current vaccines offer treatment but fail to halt transmission of the bacteria ... Microbiome Changes in Chronic Liver Disease Highlight the Need for Personalized Treatment Nov. 18, 2024 ...

Oct. 24, 2024 — Scientists have designed a publicly-available software and web database to break down barriers to identifying key protein-protein interactions to treat with medication. The ...

This work will be of high interest to a broad swathe of scientists studying native macromolecules present at low concentrations in cells. Cryo-EM single-particle analyses typically require target ...