Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

Pili: Hair-like structures on the surface of bacteria that facilitate adhesion to surfaces and other cells. Sortase: An enzyme that anchors surface proteins to the bacterial cell wall, playing a ...

The cell wall provides structural support and protection, while the capsule, found in some bacteria, plays a crucial role in resisting host immune attacks, adaptation to new niches and pathogenesis.

Biotechnology could offer eco-friendly alternatives called biopesticides, which are derived from natural materials like animals, plants, bacteria, and certain minerals ... Biotechnology companies like ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new ...

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce. Because of this, death is often seen as a failure rather than a ...

Bacteria get up to all sorts of strange things. As a result, they’ve evolved to produce an extensive range of small molecules ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific protein, even proteins that would normally destroy ...

This new work builds on that base to do exactly that. The researchers instructed bacteria cells to produce ELPs that form condensates and also bind to specific RNA sequences, which copy and carry ...

In the quest to take the “forever” out of “forever chemicals,” bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...