To stay healthy, plants balance the energy they put into growing with the amount they use to defend against harmful bacteria.

Their study, published in Microbiological Research, reveals that bacteria can evolve by losing their flagella, the structures responsible for movement. The study was led by Prof. Wang Junfeng from ...

Their study, published in Microbiological Research, reveals that bacteria can evolve by losing their flagella, the structures responsible for movement. Flagella are important for bacteria because ...

We further discovered that induction of pLS20 promoters, governing crucial conjugative genes, is dependent on the presence of donor cell flagella, the major bacterial motility organelle. Moreover, the ...

Today, however, so much more is understood about the complexity of the eye that random evolution is not the best explanation ...

Bacteria exhibit species-specific numbers and localization patterns of flagella. How specificity in number and pattern is achieved is poorly understood but often depends on a soluble GTPase called ...

This important study describes the discovery of a mechanism by which multiple species of bacteria synthesize and localize polar flagella via a novel protein, FipA, which interacts with FlhF. The ...

Soil bacteria help plants grow roots by suppressing immune responses. Scientists reveal the role of enzymes in balancing ...

The key focus is on understanding the interplay between individual bacterial flagella propulsion and the collective behavior of the bacterial active matter system. The simulation results reveal the ...