A long series of experiments, beginning in 1956 and ending around 1980, established an outline of cell wall structure and demonstrated that penicillin inhibited one of the terminal steps in its ...

Bacteria are protected by the peptidoglycan cell wall, which helps them withstand internal turgor pressure and external ...

Researchers at Newcastle University filmed bacteria "undressing" and taking off their outer layer - or cell wall. Antibiotics can attack cell walls so scientists think this is a new form of drug ...

The cell wall is essential for bacterial life and its synthesis is the target of crucial antibiotics such as penicillin and vancomycin. We determine the structure and function of the cell wall to ...

Cell wall Tough outer layer of the cell, which provides strength and support to the cell. Large circular DNA molecule Bacteria do not have a nucleus and their genetic material (DNA) is not ...

Cell wall Tough outer layer of the cell, which provides strength and support to the cell. Large circular DNA molecule Bacteria do not have a nucleus and their genetic material (DNA) is not ...

In addition to the urgent need for new antibiotics, alternative strategies are required to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance. Michaela Wenzel, Associate Professor at Chalmers University of ...

To study bacterial chemotaxis in confined environments such as tubes or interstitial tissues, we developed a hydrogel-based microfluidic device featuring lanes of different widths. The device design, ...