Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have long been celebrated for their roles in food fermentation, yet their capacity to synthesise specialised antimicrobial peptides—known as bacteriocins—has ...

Phenyllactic acid (PLA) is a naturally occurring antimicrobial compound that has attracted significant attention due to its broad spectrum activity against bacteria, fungi and biofilm formation.

Bacteria are ubiquitous microscopic organisms capable of rapid growth. While beneficial strains like lactic acid bacteria ...

Q: What is kefir and does it provide any health benefits? A: Kefir is a fermented dairy drink made by adding kefir grains — ...

The antimicrobial activity of phloretin has been studied and variable results have been reported on different microbial species. As early as 1952, MacDonald & Bishop (1952) reported that phloretin ...

The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the four tested bacteria was investigated by plate coating method to evaluate antibacterial ability. The antibacterial mechanism was further investigated ...

When people take antibiotics, some of the dose is excreted with urine and feces and ends up in our wastewater. The presence ...

Remnants of everything that humans ingest ends up in waste water, including medications that people may be taking, like ...

A single β-lactam exposure rapidly drives stable multidrug resistance in RecA-deficient bacteria through an SOS-independent mechanism involving oxidative stress-induced mutagenesis and ...

This important study looks into the effect of exogenous CoA on the response of TLR4-activated macrophages. Specifically, CoA enhances the LPS response by examining metabolomics, 13C tracing, and ...

Scientists have identified a new type of protein in bacteria that could change our understanding of how these organisms interact with their environments.

Researchers from the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS)/SOKENDAI and Kyushu University have uncovered the molecular mechanism that drives the "ticking" of the circadian clock in cyanobacteria.