St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how pieces of bacterial cell wall cross the placenta and enter developing neurons, altering fetal brain anatomy and cognitive ...

The current research published in the journal Science includes a scientific development that enables the researchers to distinguish two strains of bacteria from each other based on individual genetic ...

Bacteria in the gut microbiome can sense, respond to and manipulate the mammalian gut environment. Recombinant probiotics that have been engineered to exploit these features show promise as ...

A new study has found that certain bacteria were associated with better memory and attention, while others were linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. The bacteria in your mouth and on ...

Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that the genomes of ...

WHEN bacterial cells are disrupted by any of the methods now in use, a considerable amount of ultra-microscopic particles is released from them, and these can be isolated by ultracentrifugation, ...