Electron microscopy images reveal crucial structures and mechanisms within the molecular machinery that certain bacteria use ...

When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have ...

This study uncovers key morphological and ultrastructural similarities between cable bacteria genera. The periplasmic ...

Biological motors, which aid microorganism movement in fluids, are composed of two components -- the rotor and stators. Despite much research, the exact molecular mechanism underlying stator function ...

Engineers have developed a groundbreaking glue that fuses the properties of mucus and mussel plaques, paving the way for ...

Researchers have revealed how Staphylococcus aureus bacteria extract iron from hemoglobin—a process crucial to their survival ...

Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers uncovered how sodium ions drive bacterial flagellar motors, revealing key ...

Around 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The novel ...

The other defense against acid is fluoride. As the active ingredient in many toothpastes and rinses, topical fluoride lowers ...

Researchers have created a novel imaging-technology combination that can capture gene activity in individual bacteria in ...