Waterborne diseases significantly affect the human health and are responsible for high
mortality rates worldwide. Traditional methods of the treatment are now insignificant as …

In order to maintain shape and withstand intracellular pressure, most bacteria are
surrounded by a cell wall that consists mainly of the cross-linked polymer peptidoglycan …

Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Magnetosomes are membranous bacterial organelles sharing many features of eukaryotic
organelles. Using electron cryotomography, we found that magnetosomes are invaginations …

Many bacteria contain intracellular microcompartments with outer shells that are composed
of thousands of protein subunits and interiors that are filled with functionally related …

Construction of a chemical system capable of replication and evolution, fed only by small
molecule nutrients, is now conceivable. This could be achieved by stepwise integration of …

Despite recent progress in visualization experiments, the mechanism underlying
chromosome segregation in bacteria still remains elusive. Here we address a basic physical …

Bacterial microcompartments (BMCs) are organelles composed entirely of protein. They
promote specific metabolic processes by encapsulating and colocalizing enzymes with their …

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing plays a pivotal role in the discovery of new antibiotics.
However, the development of simple, sensitive, and rapid assessment approaches remains …

A molecular motor is made of either a single macromolecule or a macromolecular complex.
Just like their macroscopic counterparts, molecular motors “transduce” input energy into …