Sometimes, transporting electrons from one cell to another is a team effort. In electroactive bacteria, that team is a group ...

Scientists found an unexpected viral hitchhiker lurking inside a common gut bacterium – and it was twice as prevalent in people with colorectal cancer.

Biochemists at Caltech have identified how viruses have converged on a method for killing bacteria. The researchers have homed in on an underexplored small transporter called MurJ that is a vital part ...

Microplastics are widely recognized as pollutants in oceans and waterways, but scientists are increasingly discovering that ...

Researchers found three bacteriophages disable MurJ, a key cell wall transporter, by locking it outward-facing. This blocks ...

How ancient gene transfers, genomes, and pollination shaped moths and butterflies - and why their sudden decline is raising ...

Would you believe me if I told you urine can be used to produce energy? I know this sounds crazy, but a study, published in Results in Chemistry, analyzes how ...

This Research Topic directly aligns with the Emerging Bacterial Threats and Antibiotic Resistance section by addressing hospital water systems as ...

Can ancient bacteria resist modern antibiotics? A 5,000-year-old strain discovered in ice shows resistance predates modern medicine.

A collection of microbial specimens gathered from a cave located in Romania has displayed a variety of similarities to ...

EXPERTS have identified environmental contamination, global travel, agriculture, and weak infection control systems as key drivers ...