Communication between cells in plants, animals and humans takes place via specialized connecting structures. An international ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ protein, which normally forms a donut-shaped structure, must bend and ...

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they can contain pathogens and are highly resistant to treatment. Chemists at ...

It is a fact that reliably startles anyone who hears it for the first time: the human body is home to at least as many bacterial cells as it has cells of its own, and by many estimates the microbes ...