“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

In another experiment, bacteria thrived when the proteasome functioned normally but the peptides produced within it were destroyed. The effectiveness of the peptides was also demonstrated in mice ...

For fraternal twins who share 50 percent of their genes, this rate drops to around 2 percent. Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person's risk of developing multiple ...

1 Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States 2 Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence ...

For decades, scientists have explored the potential of bacteria in fighting cancer, but safety and efficacy barriers have stood in the way. Now, a research team has cracked the code behind how ...

2012; Bulgarelli et al., 2013) to improve soil productivity and crop yield. The crops can selectively “acclimate” certain beneficial Bacteria through root exudates, thus enhancing plant growth and ...