Japanese scientists have engineered the smallest lifeform that can move on its own. The team introduced bacterial proteins that enable movement into a simple synthetic bacterium that normally cannot ...

A research team studied how bacteria swim in complex fluids, providing insight into how the microorganisms move through different environments, such as their natural habitats or inside the human body.

image: A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led research team studied how bacteria swim in complex fluids, providing insight into how the microorganisms move through different environments, such as ...

Many of the bacteria that cause flesh-eating infections thrive in warmer climates. One of these bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, has been found in unexpected areas due to climate change. Wounds infected ...

Bacteria are single-celled organisms, and while we know they can move around with filaments, the exact mechanisms behind how they do so has been unclear for many years. Researchers have now used ...

Microbes like viruses and bacteria have adapted to live virtually everywhere, including inside the gastrointestinal tracts of many animals and humans. But how do these microorganisms propogate their ...

Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a synthetic system that mimics how bacteria move and self-organize, paving the way for new research. For years, scientists and engineers have ...

Researchers have characterized a mechanism that allows bacteria to direct their movement in response to the mechanical properties of the surfaces the microbes move on -- a finding that could help ...

Bacteria-scale robots that can run for months without human control are no longer a lab fantasy. Researchers have now built ...