A mechanosensitive fluorescent probe visualises and quantifies the mechanical stress on bacterial membranes upon contact with a surface. (Nanowerk News) In natural environments, bacteria rarely live ...

Drugs that act against bacteria are mainly assessed based on how well they inhibit bacterial growth under laboratory ...

In another, perhaps counterintuitive study, mice that had all their gut bacteria wiped out were protected from gaining as ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

Omnipose, a deep learning software, is helping to solve the challenge of identifying varied miniscule bacteria in microscopy images. It can also identify several other types of tiny objects in ...

The fascinating world of bacteria that live as symbionts or parasites in animal hosts often remains a mystery to researchers. A research team has made a breakthrough that provides insights into this ...

Escherichia coli bacteria imaged by high-speed inline force mapping and fluorescence microscopy. Simultaneous topography and elastic modulus maps show a stiffening of the division site. Light and ...

Project PriMe intended to speed classification of biofilms with marker-free, contactless imaging. Detecting bacteria rapidly and contactlessly with a microscope. Using a multimodal microscope, Laser ...

Sourdough is the oldest kind of leavened bread in recorded history, and people have been eating it for thousands of years. The components of creating a sourdough starter are very simple – flour and ...