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 ...

Researchers have discovered and characterized at the atomic level a mechanism that enables bacterial pathogens—including ...

A study published in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules presents the most detailed image obtained to date ...

Bacteria are traditionally imagined as single-cell organisms, spread out sparsely over surfaces or suspended in liquids, but in many environments the true bacterial mode of growth is in sticky ...

High-resolution imaging shows how MraZ breaks and deforms to attach to repeated DNA sequences, activating the gene cluster ...

Your gut bacteria are constantly sensing, moving, and sharing nutrients to keep the microbiome thriving.