The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

A new study published in Biochemistry sheds light on how bacteria regulate their genes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

Introduction: Escherichia coli (E. coli), a ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen, poses a growing threat to human health due to the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance. However, a ...

In E. coli, the presence of certain group VIIIb transition metal compounds in concentrations of about 1–10 parts per million of the metal in the culture medium causes an inhibition of the cell ...

The water sample from the well showed contamination with E. coli and coliform bacteria, with coliform bacterial counts exceeding 16 per 100 ml of water and that of E. coli being 9 per 100 ml.

It is a common gut bacteria that never normally sees the light of day, but now Chinese scientists have engineered E coli so that it can harness sunlight like a plant. Incorporating a custom ...

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, People’s Republic of China ...

However, since the initial announcement, all has been quiet on the Central front regarding any progress on the taxonomy-move even as the clock ticks away on India’s climate commitments. “The Centre ...

Genus Providencia is Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens ... Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter species, and Escherichia coli) (Rice, 2008), Providencia Providencia rettgeri (Tshisevhe et al., ...

Comprehensive & taxonomy-independent database Bakta provides a large and taxonomy-independent database using UniProt's entire UniRef protein sequence cluster universe. Thus, it achieves favourable ...

Causes of E. coli infection, how it is spread and where it is found.