The unusual molecular makeup of Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, may hold clues for understanding and treating the tick-borne disease.

Scientists led by Karla Satchell, Ph.D., the Anne Stewart Youmans Professor of Microbiology at Northwestern University, have ...

Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It ...

An innovative imaging technique developed at Carnegie Mellon University reveals single bacterial cells leaving their biofilm ...

Watching the bacteria in real-time at high resolution affords unprecedented views that advance the understanding of how single cells in biofilms move and how biofilms disperse. The findings, published ...

Analyzing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique from Würzburg can do this much more ...

These simulations showed that bacteria could still survive and generate electricity by using the surrounding surface to ...

Telomere phages, once ignored, help bacteria fight rivals using telocins. These toxins may target antibiotic-resistant ...

A team has discovered how certain bacteria breathe by generating electricity, using a natural process that pushes electrons into their surroundings instead of breathing on oxygen. The findings could ...

"Sprinkled in are these purple bacteria." Electron microscopy image and cartoon of a MMB consortium, highlighting its ...

Researchers discovered that telomere phage is surprisingly common in Klebsiella, a type of bacteria that can cause pneumonia ...