Jan. 2, 2025 — Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity ...

Bacteria are classified into different groups depending on their shape. There are five distinct bacterial shapes: spherical, rod, spiral, comma, and corkscrew. Bacteria, just like any other living ...

While any threat is not imminent, the Science paper finds that mirror bacteria may pose serious risks. Immune defenses in humans, animals, and plants rely on recognizing specific molecular shapes ...

A plant-based diet can improve health and prevent disease by feeding the good bacteria in your digestive tract. Trillions of bacteria live in your digestive tract and play an important role in health.

The team published its results in the journal Science. In contrast to humans, bacteria have the remarkable ability to exchange genetic material with each other. A well-known example with far ...

Immune systems rely on recognizing specific molecular shapes found in invading bacteria. If these shapes were reflected — as they would be in mirror bacteria — recognition would be impaired ...

In their project, reported in the journal Advanced Materials, the group developed a multi-step process that allows bacteria to grow in a ceramic material. Prior research has shown that biofilms ...

Nevertheless: The Shapes of Love is on a quest to speedrun its story. Based on a popular webtoon of the same name and following in the footsteps of the 2021 Kdrama adaptation, the first three ...

"Mirror bacteria" being developed in labs could be ... to those in the cells of all existing life—akin to the mirrored shapes of our left and right hands—and, because of this fundamental ...

The coalition of 38 scientists across nine countries warned that the creation of so-called mirror bacteria – a form of life built with biological molecules in shapes that are the opposite of ...

Vibrio bacteria sickened dozens of people following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and the microbes’ range appears to be increasing up the East Coast as climate change warms coastal waters.