When exposed to antibiotics, approximately one out of every 10 8 -10 9 bacteria develops resistance due to spontaneous ...

An international research group led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a promising new drug ...

Hajun Kim, Taejoon Kwon, and Joo Hun Kang—from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNIST has unveiled a novel ...

PREVIOUS work has established reasonably well that the reorientation or removal of water molecules bound to macromolecules may result in the loss of viability and infectivity of bacterial cells ...

derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Scientists have sought to learn how the single-cell organisms survive phage infection in a bid to further ...

This image highlights the various challenges in maintaining cell culture integrity, including contamination from bacteria, viruses, mycoplasmas, and chemicals. It also emphasizes the importance of ...

The researchers focused on the system bacterial cells use for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). These chemicals are formed when the bacterial cells continue to have a good supply of carbon ...

were published online by the journal Cell. Exploring the use of antitumor bacteria in cancer therapy dates back to the 1860s. Despite this long history, clinical application of bacterial-based ...

when the cells were infected with salmonella, the invading bacteria thrived in the group that lacked active proteasomes. In another experiment, bacteria thrived when the proteasome functioned ...