Scientists are studying how bacteria move across surfaces -- a process known as twitching motility. New findings led to the surprising discovery of the key role surface properties play in either ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. These motility organs play important roles in DNA uptake to exchange genetic information between different bacteria, allowing what's ...

A new study has shown that the physical movements of the gut influence how enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) colonizes and activates its virulence genes in living hosts. Using zebrafish models, ...

Professor Takayuki Nishizaka and Dr. Yoshiaki Kinosita from Gakushuin University, together with Dr. Yoshitomo Kikuchi (Senior Researcher) from AIST, have discovered an unforeseen form of ...

Analyzing bacterial motility is important for understanding the biology of bacteria and has significant clinical implications. Researchers have now developed free software to analyze complex patterns ...

A: result of the motor resurrection experiments. B: distribution of the number of stators per flagellar motor (with bacteria swimming in free liquid environment) Flagellated bacteria are propelled by ...

Bacteria are able to translocate by a variety of mechanisms, independently or in combination, utilizing flagella or filopodia to swim, by amoeboid movement, or by gliding, twitching, or swarming. They ...

“A very diverse set of gut bacteria can ‘swim’ through the layer of mucus that lines the intestines using specialized thread-like structures called flagella, the assembly and function of which ...

The human intestine is home to trillions of microscopic organisms, including hundreds of species of bacteria. In most people, these bacteria co-exist peacefully and contribute to a mutually beneficial ...