Scientists have identified a new mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis. The results of the research project, partly funded by the Academy of Finland, have been published in the journal Proceedings of ...

These motility organs play important roles in DNA uptake to exchange genetic information between different bacteria, allowing what's so-called genomic plasticity. Therefore, bacterial motility organs ...

EcOpgD is a β-1,2-glucanase involved in the adjustment of the chain length of osmo-regulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs). A reaction mechanism with an unprecedentedly long proton transfer pathway has ...

Sepsis, a common complication following burns, trauma, and major surgery, remains the leading cause of death among critically ill patients. Globally, there are about 48.9 million sepsis patients and ...

BACTERIA are encased in rigid cell walls that confer upon the organisms their characteristic shapes. In addition to the obvious role of these structures in protecting the bacteria from environmental ...

A pathogen is a term that refers to a microorganism that causes disease in an organism. Pathogenicity is the ability of the pathogen to produce disease. Pathogenicity is expressed by microbes using ...

Approaches to describe the tree of life have been based on the physical characteristics and metabolic features of distinguished organisms. The advent of molecular methods has widened the diversity of ...

In the realm of colorectal cancer (CRC), the intricate interplay between the gut microbiota and the etiological dynamics of this disease has emerged as a focal point of investigation. The gut ...