Researchers have discovered a new group of bacterial toxins that can kill harmful bacteria and fungi, opening the door to potential new treatments for infections. These toxins, found in over 100,000 ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing concern. According to the CDC, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year. Now, a team of researchers has discovered a new group of ...

Researchers have discovered a new group of bacterial toxins that can kill harmful bacteria and fungi, opening the door to potential new treatments for infections. These toxins, found in over 100,000 ...

Gram-negative bacteria deploy a range of protein toxins as mediators of inter-bacterial competition and pathogenicity. Among these, colicins comprise a class of ribosomally synthesised bacteriocins ...

Researchers from Kanazawa University purified the pore-forming bacterial toxin Monalysin to study how the innate immune system fights off bacterial toxins Kanazawa, Japan - Although the innate immune ...

While we may think of some bacteria as friendly and others as pathogenic, the situation can become very complex. Not only can particular strains of the same microbial species be very different - like ...

Life-forms with no brain are capable of some astounding things. It might sound like sci-fi nightmare fuel, but some bacteria can wage kamikaze chemical warfare. Pathogenic bacteria make us sick by ...

Poison? What poison? Some bacteria may treat the powerful toxins bathing poison dart frog skin like a buffet. The alkaloid chemicals that poison dart frogs wield on their skin increase the variety of ...

The microbiome is home to an estimated 100 trillion bacteria, existing as a dense colony of many different strains and species. Similar to all organisms, bacteria must also compete with one another ...