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.

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 ...

The free EMOPEC web tool enables precise tuning of bacterial protein expression on the basis of small changes to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence; oligos can be generated to engineer expression of any ...

The Min protein system prevents abnormal cell division in bacteria by forming oscillating patterns between the ends of a cell ("poles"). Despite decades of theoretical work, predicting the protein ...

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 ...

Hospital-acquired infections are a major challenge to patient safety. It is estimated that in 2002, a total of 1.7 million hospital-acquired infections occurred (4.5 per 100 admissions), 1 and ...