Jack Strominger recounts his seminal work and contributions to understanding bacterial cell wall components ... to bacteria despite much work since its discovery by Fleming in 1929 and its ...

With extensive expertise in bacterial cell wall research and its implications in bacterial survival and disease progression, Professor Cava has spearheaded investigations into this field for a ...

One of these mechanisms involves plasmids, small DNA molecules in bacterial cells, which have their own independent genome and carry antibiotic resistance. Read the full story here.

Metagenomic analysis of gastrointestinal bacteria sheds ... cells in and on their bodies outnumber the human cells by about a factor of ten. As metagenomics research extends its reach to the ...

One of these mechanisms involves plasmids, small DNA molecules in bacterial cells, which have their own ... to keep the plasmid safe within its bacterial host. This newly discovered mechanism ...