A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

Researchers found that a common antibiotic-resistant bacterium prevents wounds from healing by chemically paralyzing skin cells rather than attacking them directly. Scientists from an international ...

To confirm the central role of this process, the scientists used a genetically modified strain of E. faecalis lacking the EET ...

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

Researchers have developed a ‘smart tweezer’ that is able to pluck a particular bacterial strain from a microbiome of trillions and sequence its genome in a more cost- and resource-effective way than ...

A familiar mouth bacterium best known for causing cavities may also be quietly influencing the brain. Scientists found that ...

Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic — but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye. The thin white ...

A team led by Professor Guosheng Tang from Guangzhou Medical University, Associate Professor Yutao Liu from Tianjin ...

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Kerala is set to become India's first state to name a 'state bacterium', aiming to boost awareness, conservation, and ...

Published on Scientists from NTU Singapore and the University of Geneva have discovered a new way to neutralise ...