We often hear about bacteria, but what exactly are they? A bacterium is a living organism that consists of a single cell (unicellular). It has ...

A University of Alberta research team has identified a new drug target to treat harmful E. coli bacteria—which cause nearly ...

Researchers have discovered and characterized at the atomic level a mechanism that enables bacterial pathogens—including ...

Bacterial infections pose significant challenges to agriculture and medicine, especially as cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to rise. In response, scientists are elucidating the ways ...

Researchers used paths of artificial sugar to study how bacteria sense their environment while forming communities. Red and green show two different chemical signals inside the bacteria. The bacterium ...

Depiction of bacteriophage PP7 (orange) at the cell surface of Pseudomonas aeruginosa detaching the bacterium’s pilus (blue). The researchers identified protein structures and interactions using ...