Even highly antibiotic-resistant bacteria become more vulnerable when their cell wall transport system is disrupted, according to a new study from Umeå University. The discovery reveals a previously ...

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators have discovered a key process in how the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria attaches to the cell wall, advancing the understanding ...

For half a century, one of the most fundamental questions about the third domain of life has remained stubbornly unresolved: ...

Engineered cell membranes help antibiotic carrying nanoparticles target drug resistant Gram negative bacteria, boosting ampicillin activity at far lower concentrations.

An estimated 38 trillion bacteria live in the human body—and only a small fraction are harmful to our health. However, the ...

New research from Indiana University has uncovered a previously unknown vulnerability in how bacteria build the whip-like tails they use to move. The researchers found that building these tails can ...

Bacterial proliferation relies upon an exquisitely coordinated series of events that culminate in cell division and the remodelling of the peptidoglycan sacculus. Division begins with assembly of the ...