Thousands of treated patients support the potential of phage therapy, but limited knowledge of this technique and its ...

Understanding bacterial growth mechanisms can potentially help uncover novel drug targets that are crucial for maintaining cellular viability, particularly for bacterial pathogens. In this important ...

Pseudomonasis a type of bacteria that's commonly found outdoors, such as in soil and water. It can also thrive in moist places indoors. Some types of this germ, especially Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.

Beginning Jan. 2014, Texas state law (SB 62) mandates that all entering students under the age of 22 provide a certificate signed by a health care provider or an official immunization record verifying ...

Antibacterial soap contains active chemicals which are added to kill bacteria. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibacterial and plain soap are equally effective at ...

“Bacteria often co-opt phage-lysis proteins to accomplish other diverse behaviors beneficial to a population, such as seeding biofilm establishment and releasing toxins,” Ramsey added.

In contrast to mammalian cells, bacterial cells lack mRNA polyadenylated tails ... following cell pooling and lysis. Consequently, RiboD only requires customization in the library preparation step. By ...

These specific interactions are crucial for altering the environment in the bacterial cell membrane and eventually for achieving cell lysis. The higher number of complex conformations can be ...

We report here a culturomics approach to study the bacterial diversity of this dryland by using a ... and then boiled for 10 min before the PCR in order to ensure cellular lysis. Colony PCR was used ...