Bacteria can precisely adjust their membrane lipid compositions to control the biophysical properties of their membranes, which allows them to thrive in various physical environments. Here ...

Major active compounds from essential oils are well-known to possess antimicrobial activity against both pathogen and spoilage microorganisms. The aim of this work was to determine the alteration of ...

Although recent advances in lipid analytics show that membranes in eukaryotic cells contain hundreds of different lipid species, the function of this lipid diversity remains enigmatic. The basic ...

The baby was rested, clean—and still crying. It appeared that she was hungry, but, maddeningly, she would not take her bottle. In fact, every time her parents offered her breast milk that had been ...

Genetic changes can occur naturally through evolution or can be initiated with the help of genetic engineering. The bacterium ...

Plenty of different types of viruses and bacteria are resistant to alcohol-based sanitizers. And they can make you very sick.

Left: Without the immune signaling molecule interferon gamma (IFNγ), Burkholderia thailandensis bacteria (red rods) use the protein BimA (red squares) to assemble actin (green) from the host cell to ...