By combining MERFISH imaging with expansion microscopy, researchers have unlocked a new way to study bacteria at the ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the ...

For years, scientists believed that the unique genetic exchange mechanisms present in bacteria and their vast ... this investigation offer a robust molecular toolkit for future studies focusing ...

Discover the importance of antibiotics, bacterial cell walls, and resistance mechanisms in fighting bacterial infections effectively.

Now Tulane University researchers have identified a unique genetic signature in bacteria ... of potential multidrug-resistant bacteria,” said Zac Pursell, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and ...

In contrast to humans, bacteria have the remarkable ability to exchange genetic material with one ... All these steps are performed exploiting the molecular mechanism that also allows bacteria ...

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This process, homologous recombination, reinforces distinct species boundaries and ...

Phages are viruses that attack bacteria by injecting their DNA, then usurping bacterial machinery to reproduce. Eventually, they make so many copies of themselves that the bacteria burst.

A recent paper published in Science magazine by researcher Blanca Barquera, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at ...

Emerging drug-resistant strains are posing significant challenges to the global fight against tuberculosis (TB) and it is a critical task to detect treatment failure as early as possible.