New research reveals how nitrogen starvation, a cryptochrome photoreceptor, and humidity checkpoints govern the ...

Michigan State University scientists have produced experimental and modeling results that shed light on how a particular type of enzyme functions during spore formation, potentially advancing human ...

A team led by Rice University bioengineering researchers has decoded the mechanism that some bacteria use to make life-or-death decisions during extremely tough times. Deciphering how bacteria respond ...

A team analyzed the amino acids that affect the formation of spores in a bacterium that causes food poisoning, Clostridium perfringens, and identified serine as an amino acid that inhibits spore ...

Scientists have long searched for the answer to the question of how bacteria decide to cease normal function and form a spore, which in essence means death for the microbe. Bioengineering researchers ...

Bacterial spores store information about the individual growth history of their progenitor cells, thus retaining a "memory" that links the different stages of the bacterial life cycle. The spore ...

New research shows an antibiotic‑resistance gene enables Clostridioides difficile to produce more resilient spores that ...

A team led by Rice University bioengineering researchers has decoded the mechanism that some bacteria use to make life-or-death decisions during extremely tough times. Deciphering how bacteria respond ...

Comment certaines bactéries peuvent-elles survivre au vide spatial et aux conditions extrêmes ? Des chercheurs ont identifié le coût énergétique de leur dormance et une faiblesse qui pourrait aider à ...