The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii splitting into multiple cells at once, a rare kind of cell division called multiple fission. C. matruchotii is one of the most common bacteria ...

In what they labeled a "surprising" finding, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers studying bacteria from freshwater lakes and soil say they have determined a protein's essential role in maintaining the ...

Certain antibodies employ unusual tactics to keep germs from attaching to cells in our bodies. Their defensive strategies could suggest novel ideas for next-generation infection preventions or ...

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