Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

A mechanosensitive fluorescent probe visualises and quantifies the mechanical stress on bacterial membranes upon contact with a surface. (Nanowerk News) In natural environments, bacteria rarely live ...

Bacteriophages, or phages, viruses that selectively target and infect bacteria, have drawn growing attention for their potential use in a host of biotechnological processes to benefit humankind, from ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to identify drug resistant infections, significantly reducing the time taken for a correct diagnosis, Cambridge researchers have shown. The team showed that ...

Researchers discovered a bacterial protein that detects phage infection and forms membrane pores to kill the host cell before ...

It's long been thought that only an unusual type of kidney stone has any connection to bacteria, and that the vast majority ...

In an unexpected finding, a UCLA-led team has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common type of kidney ...