All bacteria exist as single cells at some point in their lives – except for one kind, known as multicellular magnetotactic ...

Researchers have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage -- phage for short -- that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the phage that ...

Tiny magnetic bacteria that live in tightly bound groups are showing scientists how life might have evolved complex, multicellular forms. These rare bacteria can’t survive alone – they depend on one ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

Scripps Research team offers insights that could aid development of phage therapies against Mycobacteria The pathogens which ...

Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations ... and Takayuki Uchihashi—chose the common bacteria Escherichia coli to study first in such unprecedented detail. The researchers ...

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) has revolutionized the realm of microscopic analysis. By delivering astonishingly detailed images of minuscule entities such as insects, bacteria, or even the ...

In lab tests, Magnolia essential oil disrupted harmful bacteria and neutralized free radicals, showing promise as a natural ...

Plants know how to defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms. In turn, pathogens have sensors to detect such ...

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

Scanning electron microscopy, or SEM ... Since sourdough starters are created from wild yeast and bacteria in the flour, it ...