They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

It is well established that gut microbiome composition plays a pivotal role in human health – yet the precise connections are ...

New research into antimicrobial peptides, small chains of amino acids able to damage bacterial cells, shows why some peptides are more effective at doing that and also why some cells are more ...

Tuberculosis is the world's leading infectious cause of death, killing more than one million people each year. When the antibiotic bedaquiline was introduced in 2012, it was the first new tuberculosis ...

Next-generation technology has helped solve a 30-year mystery of how Legionnaires' disease—a severe form of pneumonia—works, ...

New research has uncovered an extraordinary mechanism of cell division in Corynebacterium matruchotii, one of the most common bacteria living in dental plaque. The filamentous bacterium doesn't just ...

In a first-of-its-kind lab study, scientists prove that probiotic bacteria stimulate immediate and measurable changes in brain cell function, hinting at a new direct communication between your gut and ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...