Gram-negative bacteria have become resistant to several antibiotics that target their membrane, including colistin and β-lactams, increasing the urgency of identifying alternative treatment options.

Periplasmic expression and cytometric screening (PECS), as it has been termed, is a marriage of the concepts behind synthetic cellular compartments and bacterial display.

The protein, called OmpA, is found in the outer cell membranes of many species of Gram-negative bacteria, which are responsible for a number of bacterial infections that affect humans, animals and ...

TolC mutants were originally isolated over 30 years ago, with the phenotype of resistance to the protein colicin E1 (ColE1), one of a wide variety of niche-warfare agents synthesized by some E ...

Jul 28, 2023: Turning bacteria into solar factories with semiconductor nanoclusters (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of ...