Some viruses only infect bacterial cells; they are known as bacteriophages, and they have real potential to defeat antibiotic ...

ABOVE: A number of scientists are calling for a ban on research that could create mirror bacteria, which pose significant risks to society. ©iStock, Galina Kamenskaya. A s synthe ...

A new study by EMBL’s Duss Group sheds light on the dynamic interactions between two essential cellular processes – ...

Planctomycetes challenge our concept of the bacterial cell and of a prokaryote as a cell structure type, as well as our ideas about origins of the eukaryote nucleus. Planctomycetes Are Important ...

overturn core beliefs of bacterial cell biology and hint at why the deadly pathogen so readily outmaneuvers our immune system and antibiotics. "The most basic thing you can study in bacteria is ...

Wenzel is a microbiologist working at the Department of Life Sciences with a focus on bacterial cell biology. Her specific research interest is the molecular interaction between antibiotics and ...