Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

This discovery could also have implications in studies of polymer-secreting conglomerations of bacteria known as biofilms—the ...

The bacterial cell wall must be constantly remodeled in order to grow and divide. This involves the close coordination of lytic enzymes and peptidoglycan synthesis.

The Buck Institute for Research on Aging has secured a significant contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to spearhead the Simulation and Inference of Microbial Behavior ...