In a study published April 25 in Science Advances, researchers describe how components of a bacterial flagellum’s export ring are assembled. The export ring forms at the base of the flagellum and ...

Two new studies uncover unexpected ways that microbes move, offering insights that could impact our understanding of human health and disease. New research from Arizona State University has uncovered ...

Scientists have deciphered how some types of 'swimming' bacteria have evolved to be able to escape when trapped in small spaces. The discovery could pave the way to finding new methods to stop the ...

Cholera is a deadly bacterial disease that kills about 95,000 people every year. Vibrio cholerae bacteria infect cells in the ...

Recently, a research group led by Prof. WANG Junfeng from the Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with Prof. HE Yongxing's research group from Lanzhou ...

How well bacteria move and sense their environment directly affects their success in surviving and spreading. About half of known bacteria species use a flagella to move — a rotating appendage that ...

Professor Takayuki Nishizaka and Dr. Yoshiaki Kinosita from Gakushuin University, together with Dr. Yoshitomo Kikuchi (Senior Researcher) from AIST, have discovered an unforeseen form of ...

Scientists have made a discovery which could lead to finding ways to stop the spread of certain bacteria that cause food poisoning. Many bacteria can swim, allowing them to infect and spread in the ...

New studies from Arizona State University reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella — the slender, whip-like propellers that usually drive them forward. Movement lets bacteria ...

A research group has discovered an interesting way that bacteria adapt to their environment. Their study, published in ...