In the brutal world of deep caves, bacteria live in a miniature world of terror. The weapons they have evolved can defeat ...

Future Microbiol. 2014;9(9):1039-1051. The role of sialic acids in the immune defense is of great importance, and in bacterial vaginosis, which is a polymicrobial imbalance of the vaginal flora, ...

Gram-negative bacteria cause a variety of infectious diseases in plants and animals alike. Outbreaks of Salmonella and E. coli infections often make headlines due to their severity, and people have to ...

These motility organs play important roles in DNA uptake to exchange genetic information between different bacteria, allowing what's so-called genomic plasticity. Therefore, bacterial motility organs ...

In an article published in Frontiers in Microbiology, scientists have described the utility of gram-negative bacteria-derived outer membrane vesicles as vaccines and methods to expand their ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have identified the mechanism by which pathogenic Bordetella bacteria promote the colonization of mammalian airways.

Antibiotics usually save lives—but against some bacteria, they can make things worse. That’s the case with the Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli, where bacterial death releases a flood of a ...

A study published in Nature of the LolCDE complex, as detailed through various experimental approaches and analyses, provides a comprehensive understanding of its structure, function, dynamics, and ...

In the fight against bacterial pathogens, researchers are combining vaccination with targeted colonization of the intestine by harmless microorganisms. This approach could potentially mark a turning ...

Researchers have developed new methods to test food for bacterial contamination that are faster and do not require expert ...