Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how sodium ions power bacterial flagellar motors, providing insights for ...

When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

When such preparations are dried, the wavy threads can be stained with so-called flagellar stains, and hitherto they have been regarded as ‘‘flagella or motor-organs. Motility of bacteria is ...

Biological motors, which aid microorganism movement in fluids, are composed of two components—the rotor and stators. Despite ...

University of Virginia Cancer Center researchers have explained the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer ...

Early on in the research, the scientists discovered that it was the bacterial flagella – part of the cell that aids in movement – that enables the bacteria to invade cancer cells. So they ...

The cell wall provides structural support and protection, while the capsule, found in some bacteria, plays a crucial role in resisting host immune attacks, adaptation to new niches and pathogenesis.

When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have existed for millions of ...

Their study, published in Microbiological Research, reveals that bacteria can evolve by losing their flagella, the structures responsible for movement. The study was led by Prof. Wang Junfeng from ...

The protein that makes up flagella, called flagellin ... system—a protein complex that can move substances out of bacterial cells and into the environment, including inside plant cells or ...