Researchers have discovered a new life form of Listeria, an opportunistic pathogen responsible for serious food poisoning. These bacteria can reproduce and proliferate as so-called L-forms.

Researchers have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria. L-form bacteria, which were first discovered in the 1930s ...

According to the authors of the report, this is the first time bacteria have been shown to change their form inside the human body. They do so dropping their cell wall (a process called L-form ...

THE L-forms of bacteria, a study of which has been described recently 1, are dwarf organisms derived from a complex transformation of bacteria, either spontaneously or under various noxious ...

BACTERIA are encased in rigid cell walls that ... Such aberrant bacterial forms . . . Supported in part by grants (AI-06313 and T01-AI00350) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they ...

But could they react to an experience and recall it later? New research suggests that some bacteria could have a rudimentary form of memory of their experiences in the environment. They could even ...