Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other ...

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucus overlying the epithelium of ... Various bacterial virulence factors are associated with the ...

Caption Left, commensal bacteria (red) in the intestine are kept at a distance from the colonic tissue by a thick layer of mucus (green). Antibiotics perturb the integrity of the mucus layer ...

Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the development of Parkinson ...

coli bacteria, when paired with a diet low ... layer of mucus separating the gut microbes from the colon epithelial cells. The mucus layer acts as a protective shield between the bacteria in ...

The trachea has a number of adaptations: cartilage rings in the walls of the trachea help to keep it open ciliated epithelium ... cells produce mucus which traps dust, dirt and bacteria to prevent ...

(F) Epithelium mucus secretory cell metaplasia indicted by arrows in Alcian blue (AB) stain. (G) Epithelium mucus secretory cell metaplasia indicated by arrows in periodic acid-Schiff (PAS ...