Bacterial spores are highly resilient cell forms, yet the organization of their protective surface layers in diderm species remains largely unexplored. For the social predatory soil bacterium Myxococc...

Bacteria secrete polysaccharides essential for colonization and infections. Here, the authors reveal the structure and mechanism of WzaB, a Class-3 OPX protein, uncovering a distinct trans-envelope se...

Microbial surfactants (biosurfactants) are low-molecular-weight amphiphilic secondary metabolites synthesized by a wide range of micro-organisms, including bacteria, yeasts and fungi. These compounds ...