Bacterial electricity: Membrane potential influences antibiotic tolerance Date: January 19, 2023 Source: University of Cologne Summary: The electrical potential across the bacterial cell envelope ...

Antibiotic polymyxin arranges lipopolysaccharide into crystalline structures to solidify the bacterial membrane. Nature Communications . Published online October 21, 2022. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022 ...

In tests with E. coli and S. aureus, the bacterium that causes staph infection, the hydrogel damaged bacteria cell membranes and led to bacterial cell death.

To address the global threat of antibiotic resistance, scientists are on the hunt for new ways to sneak past a bacterial cell's defense system. Taking what they learned from a previous study on ...

Lariocidin hits drug-resistant bacteria where others fail — by hijacking the ribosome at a new site, bypassing defences, and opening the door to a new generation of antibiotics. Lariocidin, a ...

Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat bacteria that is resistant to most current antibiotics and kills a large percentage of people with an invasive infection. The ...

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To understand how antibiotics affect different components of the cell envelope or how bacteria respond to antibiotics, her ...

A new antibiotic, isolated from bacteria that are unculturable, seems capable of combating harmful bacteria and even multi-resistant “superbugs.” The new drug, Clovibactin, efficiently killed ...

For example, structures called "efflux pumps" in the cell membrane allow bacterial cells to pump out antibiotics that get inside the cell. Bacterial cells can also make enzymes that chemically ...

To address the global threat of antibiotic resistance, scientists are on the hunt for new ways to sneak past a bacterial cell ...

Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat a bacteria that is resistant to most current antibiotics and kills a large percentage of people with an invasive infection.