Microorganisms produce a wide variety of natural products that can be used as active ingredients to treat diseases such as ...

Viruses that infect and kill bacteria, called phages, hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including ...

Researchers at the HIPS and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF ... liberate and amplify entire biosynthetic gene clusters within the native bacterial cell, granting access to previously ...

or even within the bladder's epithelial cells. These different bacterial populations are subjected to different selective pressures, such as immune response and micturition, and antibiotic treatments.

A new study reveals how a single species of bacteria can sustain a diverse community of phage species, with implications for ...

Adding to the ever-growing list of newly discovered bacterial immune systems, we have characterized the mechanisms of an ...

The artificial cell’s “birth length," as Weady described it ... of bacterial growth could help scientists use these insights ...

Communities of bacteria known as biofilms play a major role in hard-to-treat infections that can ruin lives.To spread, these ...

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in ...

Antimicrobial peptides have not typically lived up to their promise, especially when it comes to beating antibiotic ...

Insights into how diverse phage communities coexist within a single E. coli strain could lead to newer, more effective phage-based therapies.

Viruses that infect and kill bacteria, called phages, hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including ...