Bacteriology

Three Rochester Prep High School seniors make scientific contributionCredit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT Three high school students working in a science lab for the first time made a surprising discovery with a Rochester Institute of…

Credit: Sooyeon Song and Missy Hazen/Penn State Bacterial cells use both a virus -- traditionally thought to be an enemy -- and a prehistoric viral protein to kill other bacteria that competes with it for food according to an…

A productive collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania dental and engineering schools led to the microbe-killing robots for biofilm eliminationCredit: Image: Geelsu Hwang and Edward Steager/University of Pennsylvania A visit to…

Credit: Cotruvo Lab, Penn State A more efficient and cost-effective way to detect lanthanides, the rare earth metals used in smartphones and other technologies, could be possible with a new protein-based sensor that changes its…

Credit: American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, MN (April 2019)-- The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is notable for having a wide host range, with the ability to infect more than 300 plants. X. fastidiosa has a long history of…

Credit: Deb Kelly / Penn State Cryogenic-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) has been a game changer in the field of medical research, but the substrate, used to freeze and view samples under a microscope, has not advanced much in decades.…

Scientists isolate slow-growing variant Lyme bacteria forms that caused severe symptoms, resisted standard single-antibiotic Lyme treatment in the mouse model A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public…

Credit: University of Rochester video / Matthew Mann The strongest synthetic materials are often those that intentionally mimic nature. One natural substance scientists have looked to in creating synthetic materials is nacre, also known…

Credit: ETH Zurich Although they are considered the simplest of all life forms, even microorganisms sense their environment and are able to actively move within it. This allows them to identify both food and harmful substances and to move…

Credit: Ditlev E. Brodersen/AU In a joint collaboration, researchers from Denmark and Switzerland have shown that bacteria produce a specific stress molecule, divide more slowly, and thus save energy when they are exposed to…