The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

The paper, titled "Cell-lysis sensing drives biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae," is published in Nature Communications. "Our basic finding was that populations of bacteria can alter their ...

Blood agar is a rich, non-selective medium that supports the growth of most bacteria. However, it is differential based on the ability of the organism to produce enzymes called hemolysins, which lyse ...

This kit utilizes a rapid spin column method to purify total DNA from a wide range of bacteriophages cultured in liquid-grown ...

In fact, the word "bacteriophage" literally means "bacteria eater," because bacteriophages ... burst out of the bacterium in a process called lysis. Bacteriophages occasionally remove a portion ...

More information: Saheli Saha et al, Mass lysis of predatory bacteria drives the enrichment of antibiotic resistance in soil ...