Sticky beginnings: Surface-bound gels may explain life's origins on Earth

How did life begin? An international team of researchers from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany suggest that the answer ...

Nanostructured coatings physically puncture bacteria to prevent biofilm formation

Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or ...
IEEE

An Integrated Approach to Bacteria Structure Detection using Frangi-Thresholding Segmentation and its Impact on Analysis

Abstract: Molecular characterization, classification, and other analytical tasks in microbiology require accurate segmentation of bacteria structures in microscopic images. Although bacterial shapes ...
The EMBO Journal

Surface-mediated bacteriophage defense incurs fitness tradeoffs for interbacterial antagonism

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Bacteria in polymicrobial habitats are ...
Popular Science

Stinky ‘rotten egg’ gas could fight nail infections

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