Clusters of a toxic bacterial protein have a surprising structure, differing from similar clumps associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in humans, scientists report in the Feb. 24 Science. These ...

They are borne by ticks and can cause acute and chronic symptoms in joints, muscles and the nervous system -- the bacteria that cause Lyme borreliosis. Researchers have now succeeded in identifying ...

Researchers have uncovered the structure of a regulatory mechanism unique to bacteria, opening the door for designing new antibiotics targeted to pathogens. Cornell researchers have uncovered the ...

Tuberculosis is the world's leading infectious cause of death, killing more than one million people each year. When the antibiotic bedaquiline was introduced in 2012, it was the first new tuberculosis ...

Research into freezing bacteria super-fast to gain a true-to-nature image of the internal and external structure has been carried out by Professor Ariane Briegel at Leiden University. Leiden ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Methane-oxidizing bacteria are nature's primary biological mechanism for suppressing atmospheric levels of the second-most important ...