Molecules which are the building blocks of life can be either “right-handed” or “left-handed” in terms of their structure ... analysis suggests mirror bacteria could very well evade ...

Antibiotics are a double-edged sword—they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the ...

Bacterial cells close bacterial cell A microscopic individual cell of a bacterium. have a more simple structure compared to animal, plant and fungal cells and are usually much smaller.

Antibiotics are a double-edged sword – they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the cells of the human body. An international research team led by the ...

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in bacteria grown in mucus samples and biofilms.

Bacteria have an interesting answer. Attenuation, or dampening, of the trp operon is made possible by the fact that the rate of translation influences RNA structure, which in turn influences the ...