A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: ...

The extensive use of antibiotics ... harming human cells. A distinguishing feature of bacterial cells is the presence of a cell wall that forms a sheath over the cell membrane.

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

Photodynamic inactivation using curcumin shows promise in reducing antibiotic resistance diversity in Staphylococcus aureus, ...

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Complementary discoveries have the potential to enhance treatment options for antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers at ...

Because of this, new antibiotic treatments that can inhibit, disrupt or penetrate biofilms are ... These peptides and proteins can disrupt bacterial cell membranes, helping conventional antibiotics ...

A recent study by a team from Chiba University has demonstrated a promising approach for fighting antibiotic ... bacteria. Dr. Murata explains, "This enzyme helps pump sodium ions out of the cell ...

In Gram-negative bacteria, a relatively thin peptidoglycan layer surrounds the cytoplasmic membrane underneath ... clinically useful antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell-wall synthesis.

Colistin displaces divalent cations from the phosphate groups of membrane lipids, which leads to disruption of the outer cell membrane, leakage of intracellular contents and bacterial death.

Extracting hemolymph from a Sydney rock oyster. (Kate Summer) These peptides and proteins can disrupt bacterial cell membranes, helping conventional antibiotics reach their targets more easily. Many ...