The Tol-Pal complex maintains bacterial outer membrane (OM) stability by regulating lipid homeostasis. (Left) In Gram-negative bacteria, the OM acts as a protective barrier, blocking entry of harmful ...

Carbon dioxide has long looked more like waste than resource. A new solar reactor turns it into living bacterial biomass ...

Weaning creates major shifts in diet, intake and gut function, making rumen stability one of the most important parts of calf ...

Lactobacillus, a beneficial bacterial species (magenta), attaches to specific regions (green) of the fruit fly gastrointestinal tract (white). Baltimore, MD—A team of researchers led by Carnegie ...

One reason plastic waste persists in the environment is because there’s not much that can eat it. The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that ...

Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that constantly “sense” their surroundings to survive and thrive. New research shows that beneficial gut microbes, especially common Clostridia bacteria, can ...