We found that giant viruses encode a key enzyme (VKOR) usually found in cells to perform redox reactions. This enzyme is part of a larger module that can modify membrane lipids. These "mini pathway" t...

Author summary Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are essential pollinators that support global agriculture and ecosystem stability. American foulbrood (AFB) is a highly destructive disease of honeybee larvae...

Identification of CprV during bacterial sporulation reveals insight into how developing cells monitor compartmental integrity during cellular remodelling and differentiation.

Directed evolution of plant-associated bacteria enhanced their metabolite production and functional traits. Inoculation of coriander (Coriandrum sativum) with the evolved strains improved heavy metal...

The activation of an antiphage defence system relies on host factors targeted by phages, a mechanism analogous to the way that eukaryotic innate immune systems detect pathogen-induced perturbations of...

PhD Project - Identifying bacterial DNA repair requirements enabling stable genetic inheritance during bidirectional replication fork collapse at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Authors reveal that protein nanofibrils govern assembly of bacterial spores and extrasporal toxins into insecticidal aggregates. Spores and parasporal bodies are incased in a “sporesilk” matrix that d...

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Bacteria, like eukaryotes, use conserved cytoskeletal systems for intracellular organization. The plasmid-encoded ParMRC system forms actin-like filaments that segregate low–copy number plasmids. In m...

Researchers simulated nearly every molecule in a bacterial cell — and then watched the cell grow and reproduce.

Nature Methods - AF2BIND is a logistic regression model trained on AlphaFold2 pair features to predict small-molecule binding-site residues in proteins, without multiple sequence alignments,...

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A common mechanism of inhibition of the essential lipid II flippase MurJ by three distinct phage-encoded single-gene lysis proteins provides insights into potential new targets for antimicrobial devel...

First introduced into laboratories in 1881, agar remains indispensable as a culture medium.

Abstract. Bidirectional replication is a conserved principle requiring coordinated translocation of the two replicative helicases loaded at the origin. In

How good is Bacillus subtilis as a model for the spore-forming pathogen Bacillus anthracis? Using high throughput genetics to identify B. anthracis sporulation genes and cytological analysis of the mu...