Mentor: John Alumasa, Ph.D. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria remain a serious threat to global health that needs urgent resolution. It is estimated that infections caused by resistant microbes will ...

Bacteria make up more than 10% of all living things but until recently we had little realization that, as in humans, soil bacteria have internal clocks that synchronize their activities with the ...

Researchers show how the rod-shaped bacteria Bacillus subtilis maintains its precise diameter while growing end to end. The slender, rod-shaped Bacillus subtilis is one of the best-studied bacteria in ...