The biopolymer peptidoglycan that makes up bacterial cell walls was always assumed to be highly ordered. Textbook images like the one below have shaped our thinking. Robert Turner and his colleagues ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have produced the first high-resolution images of the structure of the cell wall of bacteria, in a study that could further understanding of ...

Prokaryotic bacteria cell Bacteria are single-celled organisms that thrive in a wide variety of environments, from soil and water to the human gut to extreme habitats like hot springs. 19 Bacteria ...

Genetically similar bacteria can differ in shape and behavior, even in lab settings. A recent study shows that this ...

Bacterial cell division is orchestrated by a tubulin homologue, ... Löwe, J. & Amos, L. A. Crystal structure of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ. Nature 391, 203–206 (1998).

Bacteria are different from you and me. Always the minimalists, they lack features that plant and animal cells usually can’t do without: a nucleus, special organelles, and an internal skeleton ...

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they can contain pathogens and are highly resistant to treatment. Chemists ...