Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have solved a 60-year-old mystery in bacterial cell envelope ...

A report on the experiments was published March 12 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe.The findings help scientists better understand how bacterial cells that cause serious diseases, including ...

Imagine a bacterial cell—one of the multi-drug-resistant varieties that keep infectious disease experts up at night—blown ...

Gut bacteria may hold key to protecting brain against Alzheimers - A bacteria best known for causing stomach ulcers could lead to a new strategy in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease ...

Bacterial cells can also alter the parts of their biology targeted by antibiotics, such as proteins or fats; this is equivalent to changing the lock so the key doesn't fit anymore, Blaskovich said.

Scientists are studying a unique type of bacteria that orients itself based on Earth's magnetic field and can't survive on its own. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

Even though humans are complex organisms and bacteria are single cells, and each are made of completely different cell types (eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, respectively), there are some similar ...

Unlike bacteria, eukaryotic cells contain membrane-bound structures that compartmentalize the cell into separate spaces that carry out different jobs.

Researchers from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom have made a big leap forward in developing synthetic cells, known as protocells, by using cellular components from bacteria.

10. Can’t catch them, either. Whipping their tails, E. coli can travel 25 times their own length in 1 second, equivalent to a horse running 135 miles per hour. 11. Bacteria have even set up permanent ...

In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses.