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Drug-resistant bacteria flaunt their curves
Researchers from Osaka University have found that applying deep learning to electron microscope images can distinguish drug-resistant bacteria from ...
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2022
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Light-powered microbes are super-producing chemical factories
Researchers from Japan have found that engineering the light-dependent proton pump rhodopsin into Escherichia coli redirects carbon flow from cellular ...
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2022
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High-resolution pH Imaging Elucidates Energy Mechanisms in Creating Bacterial Flagella
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2016
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How Bacteria Get Their Groove: Mechanism behind Flagellar Motility
Most motile bacteria move by the use of flagella. While the flagellar motor components have been identified, it remains unclear how they are assembled and ...
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2017
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Study sheds light on bacterial propeller assembly
The bacterial flagellum is a motor whose assembly occurs in an ordered, stepwise fashion. However, the molecular details of this ordered assembly are poorly ...
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2018
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New approach to treating infectious diseases as an alternative to antibiotics
Osaka University-led researchers clarified how pathogenic E. coli bacteria attached to the host intestinal epithelium. They revealed that type IV pili on the ...
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2018
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The Mincle receptor provides protective immunity against Group A Streptococcus
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes invasive infections that result in high mortality. Despite being susceptible to many antibiotics, GAS continues to cause ...
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2018
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Small Metabolites Have Big Effects on the Intestinal Immune Response
Normal gut bacteria are instrumental in inducing an immune response in the presence of invading pathogens. However, exactly how commensal bacteria cause ...
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2019
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Gut Instinct: Bile Acid-Triggered Bacterial Adaptation Characterized
An international team led by Osaka University researchers has shown how the Salmonella protein RamR senses bile acids present in the gut, leading to the ...
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2019
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Winning the Arms Race: Analysis Reveals Key Gene for Bacterial Infection
Researchers at Osaka University applied molecular evolutionary analysis to quantify the severity of negative selection pressures on genes encoding the ...
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2019
