New research suggests a high-fat diet can turn the vagus nerve into a microbial highway, allowing gut bacteria to breach the ...

Mike Manson has spent 50 years at Texas A&M studying the bacterial flagellar motor - a molecular machine that spins hundreds ...

A bacterium that thrives in warm coastal waters propels itself with a whip-like tail wrapped in a protective sleeve, and for ...

Scientists have mapped in unprecedented detail the structure of Vibrio bacteria, which can cause life-threatening infections linked to antibiotic resistance. The King's College London team behind the ...

Abstract: Integrating functional subunits into a microrobot offers a promising pathway to enhance its operational capabilities. The functional integration of microrobots lies in organizing subunit ...

Salmonella bacteria can trick plants into opening pores (stomata) in their leaves so that the bacteria can get inside, making them difficult to remove. Professor Maeli Melotto, Department of Plant ...

For bacteria, squeezing through tight spaces can be a dead end. Narrow passages usually trap cells, halt their movement, and effectively filter out which microbes can go any farther. But new research ...

Some microbes can squeeze through tight spaces by wrapping themselves in their flagellum—the tail-like structure they use to move. Also, how adorable are those little guys? Reading time 3 minutes Some ...

How can bacteria squeeze through spaces narrower than a human hair is thick? A research team in Japan led by Dr. Daisuke Nakane and Dr. Tetsuo Kan at the University of Electro-Communications, Dr.

“A very diverse set of gut bacteria can ‘swim’ through the layer of mucus that lines the intestines using specialized thread-like structures called flagella, the assembly and function of which ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of biology’s most intensively studied molecular machines. Bacteria move through ...