Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the ...

Additionally, the level of order changes with cell shape: in rod-shaped bacteria, polymer strands are somewhat ordered, while this order disappears when a round cell shape is induced (Nature ...

FtsZ and ZapA protein complex plays an important role in bacterial cell division. However, the structure of this complex was ...

The Structure and Functions of Bacteria. By Alfred Fischer, Professor of Botany at the University of Leipzig. Translated into English by A. Coppen Jones. Pp. viii + 198.

Deep under your feet, bacteria live busy lives. They swim, eat, and even hunt each other. Now, researchers at the University ...

This study reveals how probiotic bacteria directly influence brain cell function, highlighting gut-brain communication and potential therapeutic applications.

PopA protein breaks structural rules, revealing new bacterial membrane behaviors, protein folding twists, and potential ...

In infected cells, NucC activation leads to complete destruction of the bacterial chromosome, causing cell death prior to completion of phage replication. In addition to CBASS systems, we identify ...

A new study, published in Nature Communications, focuses on a protein called PopA, found in the bacterial predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. The protein forms a unique fivefold structure, unlike the ...