Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model ...

More information: A bacteriophage-conditional mouse model reveals the impact of phages within a conventionally colonized gut microbiota, Cell Host & Microbe (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.04.002 .

(Phys.org)—One of the remarkable properties of bacterial colonies is the self-ordering aggregation and orientation of bacterial cells. Bacteria secrete extracellular polymeric substances (EPS ...

Bacteria are evolving to elude our drugs at an alarming rate, so much so that the UN has declared antibiotic resistance a global health emergency with the expectation that it could kill millions ...

Bacteria that are commonly found in the mouth are often abundant in patients with colon cancer, ... Bacteria protect intestinal tumor model from being killed by immune cells Peer ...

Biofilms form when microorganisms such as certain types of bacteria adhere to the surface of objects in a moist environment and begin to reproduce resulting in the excretion of a slimy glue-like ...

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Multiple ParA/MinD ATPases coordinate the positioning of disparate cargos in a bacterial cell. Nature Communications , 2023; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39019-x Cite This Page : ...

Understanding and controlling how bacteria move through obstacle-filled environments has long been a challenge. A new model developed by a scientist at the Flatiron Institute can predict how ...

Cell division is a crucial process for life; in order to create and maintain multicellular organisms, cells have to make more cells by dividing. Unicellular colonies of bacteria survive by dividing ...