Bacterial interaction with plants and animals, symbiotic or pathogenic, involves the transfer to host cells and tissues of a range of bacterial proteins whose biochemical activities are key to ...

The Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) is a sophisticated molecular apparatus found predominantly in Gram-negative bacteria. Structurally analogous to the contractile tail of bacteriophages, the T6SS ...

Stabbing things, it turns out, is an enormously useful skill for bacteria. Some do it to deter insects. Some do it to attack bacterial competitors. Some, as I wrote about here two years ago, even seem ...

Cholera, a severe bacterial infection that causes diarrhea and kills if untreated, can be defeated with a diet high in protein, according to a new study from UC Riverside. Science X Daily and the ...

Life-forms with no brain are capable of some astounding things. It might sound like sci-fi nightmare fuel, but some bacteria can wage kamikaze chemical warfare. Pathogenic bacteria make us sick by ...

Consumption of soft drinks, supplemented with white sugar, alters the DNA of gut bacteria and affects the host immune system. The good news? These effects are reversible. The findings by researchers ...

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Postdoctoral research associate Samuel Eastman (left), 2024 Princeton graduate Kaeli Ficco (right), and their colleagues uncovered a mechanism by which soil bacteria can modulate plant immunity. To ...