Researchers discovered a bacterial protein that detects phage infection and forms membrane pores to kill the host cell before ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

Biologists from ETH Zurich have discovered speargun- like molecular injection systems in two types of bacteria and have described their structure for the first time. The special nanomachines are used ...

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PHILADELPHIA - By combining two techniques, an international team of scientists led by researchers at The Wistar Institute has derived the "quasi-atomic" structure of a common bacteriophage, a type of ...

A bacteria-only sugar has become the Achilles’ heel that could help defeat deadly superbugs.

Bacteria are also able to communicate with each other through chemical signals, a behavior known as quorum signaling (QS). These chemical signals spread through a biofilm that colonies of bacteria ...

What the research is about Shigellosis is an infectious disease that causes severe abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody ...