Using an innovative combination of biochemical experiments and ultra-high-resolution microscopy, a research team at Kiel University has solved the long-standing mystery of how the bacterium B.

Peptidoglycan (PG) is a near-universal and essential feature of bacterial cell walls and a major antimicrobial target 1 . Although archaea generally lack PG 2 , a PG-like polymer (pseudomurein or ...

A laboratory study of Streptococcus suis and Streptococcus pneumoniae shows that their eukaryotic-like serine/threonine ...

New research has uncovered an extraordinary mechanism of cell division in Corynebacterium matruchotii, one of the most common bacteria living in dental plaque. The filamentous bacterium doesn't just ...

An SH3b cell wall–binding domain from a Staphylococcus pettenkoferi enzyme kills bacteria and multiple Candida species, but ...

A research team led by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) researcher David Reverter has discovered the molecular mechanism that describes in detail the process regulating cell division in ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. A colony of Corynebacterium matruchotii, one ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the most essential biological processes. Understanding the precise mechanism ...

One of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet is closer than you think—right inside your mouth. Your mouth is a thriving ecosystem of more than 500 different species of bacteria living in distinct, ...

The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii splitting into multiple cells at once, a rare kind of cell division called multiple fission. C. matruchotii is one of the most common bacteria ...