Lund University. For most of his career as a researcher, Lars Björck has sought to understand how bacteria manage to evade ...
A spore is a bacterium's survival capsule: dried almost solid and wrapped in protein armor, with its chemical processes shut ...
A spore is a bacterium’s survival capsule: dried almost solid, wrapped in protein armor and chemical processes shut down.
Swimming in the blood, sweat, cells and tears of every human are small proteins known as peptides. Many peptides can kill ...
Classroom dust contains common bacteria linked to small differences in children's lung function, but researchers say cause ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) regards antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, as one of the world's ...
When you think of viruses, you probably think of flu-like symptoms and quarantines. Humankind has suffered from viral ...
A magnet-producing bacterium extended the average lifespan of C. elegans worms by more than 43% while helping protect their ...
A new clinical trial suggests that a specific strain of probiotic bacteria may temporarily improve sleep quality and physical ...
Marine algae produce sulfated carbohydrates called fucoidans that are chemically too complex for any bacteria to digest alone. Instead, marine bacteria split the task between them in a modular fashion ...
Overall, the study provides a controlled experimental demonstration that gut bacteria-derived polyamines actively modulate ...
The Florida Department of Health in Collier County issued a warning for swimmers at Marco Island's Residents Beach. Testing ...