Researchers report that phage resistance in ocean bacteria can alter growth, metabolism and sinking behavior, revealing a ...

Basic, acidic, basic again: for pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, the human digestive tract is a sea of change. So how do the bacteria manage to react to these changes? A team of researchers has ...

That stickiness matters. When bacteria clump together, they sink faster, carrying carbon away from the surface ocean and into ...

Gram-positive bacteria have thick cell walls. A Gram stain test, which involves a chemical dye, stains the bacterium’s cell wall purple. On the other hand, gram-negative bacteria stain pink instead.

Although most life on Earth relies upon photosynthesis as its source of energy, the process has a weak link: chlorophyll. Plants and other organisms use the green pigment to harvest sunlight during ...

Groundbreaking Data Announced during Poster Presentations at Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2021 and Being Published in Upcoming August Issue of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease ...

Gram staining is one way scientists can identify bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus, appear blue or purple under a microscope when scientists apply a stain. Conversely, ...

Every year, foodborne illness affects around 600 million people worldwide, including 48 million Americans (1, 2). While there are many causes of foodborne illness, one major cause is bacterial ...