When polished aluminum surfaces are dipped in an electrochemical cell under certain conditions, the surface is coated with a well-ordered array of porous pillars of alumina (aluminum oxide). These ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis responsible for more than a million deaths annually. By 2050, the ...

When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many bacteria—like plants and animals—are organized into species, he upended a ...

The structures damage the cell membrane of bacterial cells ... These needle-like pillars are just the right size to be deadly to bacteria, making the surfaces strongly antibacterial.

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

The structures damage the cell membrane of bacterial cells ... These needle-like pillars are just the right size to be deadly to bacteria, making the surfaces strongly antibacterial.

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — New research has identified a unique genetic signature in bacteria that can predict their likelihood of developing antibiotic resistance, a finding that can help quickly identify ...

Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — ...

New research suggests that gut bacteria may mediate the link between sugary drink consumption and increased diabetes risk. A ...

This relates back to cell size because, with delayed FtsZ assembly, rod-shaped bacteria have a chance of elongating longer before division ensues, and hence rapidly growing bacteria result in ...