by S. Marvin Friedman
Burkholderia under a scanning EM. Source
Thanks to the extensive research of the past ten years, we've become aware that many prokaryotic endosymbionts and habitual intracellular pathogens have underg...
by S. Marvin Friedman
P. aeruginosa colonies showing the characteristic green color that is due to the production of pyocyanin. Source: Gloria Delisle, Microbe Library, ASM.
To paraphrase an old adage, no bacterium is ...
Vincent, Michael, and Michele explain the use of an electrochemical gradient to eliminate bacterial biofilms, and how phage susceptibility can be transferred by exchange of receptor proteins.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt...
by Elio
Figure 1. Leper with bell. Source
In ancient times, persons suffering from a dreaded disease believed to be contagious, such as leprosy, were given a bell to ring and thus noisily announce their presence. Healthy people coul...
by S. Marvin Friedman
Pseudomonas. aeruginosa colonies showing the characteristic green color. Source: Gloria Delisle, Microbe Library, ASM.
The emergence of multiple drug-resistant bacterial strains, the prevalence of re...
by Elio
Microbiology, we will agree, is a vast subject where many important aspects are likely to evade one’s sight. Here’s an example – the formation of vesicles from the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. This phenomenon, ...
We continue our semi-annual ritual and post this quick tour of our featured blog posts published since June 2013.
Evolution
Microbial ‘Starstuff’ Associate blogger Gemma Reguera tells us how the remnants of a dying star become...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.
Vincent, Michael, and Michele discuss how iron might disperse bacterial biofilms in carotid arterial plaques, and controlling Salmonella by modulating host iron homeosta...
A thread on Twitter
Hand on heart, what comes to your mind when you're asked for sulfur-containing compunds that play a role in biology? The amino acids cysteine and methionine, for sure, and maybe the methyl-group donor SAM (S-adeno...