Definition, basics (components and formation process). A biofilm forms when one or several bacterial cells suspended in the water attach to a surface. At this point, the cell either detaches again ...

Bacteria have mostly been portrayed as villains that make us sick, but the Human Microbiome Project showed that we share our ...

Following infection, the bacteriophage hijacks the bacterium's cellular machinery to prevent it from producing bacterial components and instead forces the cell to produce viral components.

A study has uncovered a novel approach to detoxifying toxic arsenic in contaminated soils, offering hope for tackling one of the world's most pressing environmental health challenges. The research ...

For several decades starting in the late 1960s, many new antibiotics, of different classes that target different bacterial components or processes, were introduced, although in more recent decades, ...

With the right components and nutrients, normal cells could soon be booted to form living life forms, such as bacteria. Similarly, with the right components and nutrients, mirror cells could be booted ...

Cement manufacturing and repair could be significantly improved by using biocement-producing bacteria, but growing the microbes at construction sites remains a challenge. Now, researchers report a ...

The researchers overcame this problem by creating their biosensor with three components ... The third component was the part that kills the bacteria. It is accomplished by the oxidation of ...

The responses of different protist groups (nanoflagellates, ciliates) and bacterioplankton in terms of abundance and additionally, for bacteria, diversity, production, and exoenzymatic activity, were ...