A distinguishing feature of bacterial cells is the presence of a cell wall that forms a sheath over ... Our immune system too looks for this signature to attack invading bacteria.

The process of phage-genome delivery into the cell induces perturbations of the bacterial cell’s outer layers that are sensed by the cell-wall-anchored ... to detect viral attacks at an early ...

The Hermans–Weidinger method was developed for the determination of polymer crystallinity based on the ... We cover examples from studies of bacterial cellulose, primary cell walls, and secondary cell ...

Conventional chemical antibiotics display antimicrobial activity, in general, inhibiting DNA replication, DNA transcription or cell-wall ... bacterial membrane is now permeable to chemical antibiotics ...

The extra-epithelial defence barrier includes antimicrobial proteins and peptides, such as lysozyme and defensins, which disrupt microbial cell walls, mucus coating that traps bacteria to be removed ...

Hundreds of different species of microbes live in your gut. In the future, one of these might serve a new function: ...

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

Addressing one of the longstanding challenges in gastrointestinal drug delivery, Virginia Tech researchers have transformed gut bacteria into tiny protein factories. These engineered microbes ...

The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed Friday that a drone attack damaged an outer wall of the protective dome containing the remains of the damaged Chernobyl nuclear ...

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