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

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

hold promise as new treatment types for dangerous infections, including strains that have become resistant to antibiotics.

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois have reported complementary discoveries that will improve scientists' ...

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

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.

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

Ribosomes are crucial to cells, because they translate messenger RNA molecules into the proteins that are necessary for cells ...

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.

Published online December 12 in the journal Science, a new study offers the first evidence that a single bacterial species—the host of the phage—can maintain a diverse community of competing phage ...