A transporter which some bacteria use to recycle fragments of their cell wall has been discovered by researchers at Umeå university, Sweden. They found that the transporter controls resistance to ...

Bacteria talk to each other using N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) as quorum sensing (QS) signals. This signaling allows the bacteria to control gene expression of virulence factors and biofilms once ...

Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or ...

Sleep is one of the essential physiological needs for human survival, alongside food, water, and air. But sleep is socially ...

The microbes inside our bodies not only help break down food but also impact our health. Yet their precise influence is not ...

Nanostructured metal-organic framework coatings mechanically puncture bacteria, stopping biofilms on surfaces without ...

A bizarre bacteria has been discovered with an ability previously thought impossible for its kind. This strange discovery could shine a light on how some of our earliest single-celled ancestors formed ...

Imagine visiting a mangrove in the Caribbean and discovering a human as tall as Mt. Everest. Something like that happened to marine biologist Jean-Marie Volland — except instead of a human, he ...