Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 74, No. 11 (Nov., 1977), pp. 4752-4756 (5 pages) The relationship of membrane potential to motility and chemotaxis ...

Bacterial biofilms are organized communities of cells living in association with surfaces. The hallmark of biofilm formation is the secretion of a polymeric matrix rich in sugars and proteins in the ...

Osaka - Bacteria swim in many different ways, and the motors that drive their swimming are widely varied, implying an adaptive response to an environment. One of the most commonly identified of such ...

Researchers at National Taiwan University have discovered a versatile enzyme from Bacillus subtilis that efficiently attaches phosphate groups to a wide variety of phenolic molecules, offering a ...