Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have solved a 60-year-old mystery in bacterial cell envelope ...

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly ...

New drugs that target 'zombie' tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

Gut bacteria are known to be a key factor in many health-related concerns. However, the number and variety of them is vast, ...

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

Bacterial cells from different species can combine into unique hybrid cells by fusing their cell walls and membranes and sharing cellular contents, including proteins and ribonucleic acid (RNA), the ...

The communication between bacterial cells is essential in the regulation of processes within bacterial populations, such as biofilm development. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email.

Listeria gets its host to build it an actin tail. Some intracellular bacteria use the host cell’s actin supplies to build their own transport system. The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes ...

The operating instructions for a bacterial cell are stored in its genetic material, the DNA. In ordinary bacteria, that DNA swims freely within the confines of the cell.

Bacterial cells can 'remember' brief, temporary changes to their bodies and immediate surroundings, a new study has found. And, although these changes are not encoded in the cell's genetics, the ...

EVEN ODDS In the human body, bacteria (such as Enterococcus bacteria, shown) were once thought to outnumber human cells by 10-to-1. New calculations show roughly equal numbers of each. Cultura RM ...

An E. coli cell, for example, measures about two microns, or under a ten-thousandth of an inch. Each bacterial cell is its own organism, meaning that it can grow and split into a pair of new bacteria.