Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" ...

Antibiotic resistance is considered one of the most urgent health threats of our time. Common bacteria such as E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus are evolving defenses against the drugs doctors rely on ...

Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic heavy metal that poses a global environmental threat. In response to Cd exposure, the soil bacterium Stenotrophomonas sp. H225 activates a unique survival ...

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 ...