called EPS (i.e., extracellular polymeric substances) (Figure 1). The biofilm is an adaptation for stabilizing the local environment of bacteria against stresses that is flexible and can be easily ...

Assistant Professor Andrew Monteith's lab in the Department of Microbiology is documenting how key immune cells detect ...

Interestingly, once formed by the biofilm bacteria, the EPS leads a life on their own, independent of their producers. By ...

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

Researchers suggest discoveries may lead to new strategies for treating skin diseases, inflammation, diabetes, and ...

Localized within the EPS matrix (see figure inset) are extracellular enzymes (e-Enzymes ... against degradation with the biofilm. Finally, bacteria release signal molecules for a process of ...

Our cells harbor a DNA detector termed cGAS to inform the immune system of viral and bacterial infections, cell death, as ...

A research team led by Prof. ZENG Zhutian from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) identified and named a novel population of bladder-resident macrophages, termed suburothelial ...