Anaerobic bacteria were among the first life forms on Earth and existed at a time when there was no oxygen in the atmosphere.

The high-temperature requirement A (HtrA) family of serine proteases has been shown to play an important role in the environmental and cellular stress damage control system in Escherichia coli.

A new article published in Nature offers a promising path toward a shorter, more effective treatment for tuberculosis (TB), a ...

The emergence of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis highlights the need to discover new antitubercular agents. Here we describe the synthesis and ...

At some point, you've probably sat across from a doctor who looked at your tired face and said, “It’s just a viral fever.” ...

The first low-resolution structure, aided by docking with AlphaFold2, the artificial intelligence protein structure prediction system, showed the domain that spans the inner membrane of M.

The protein MmpL5 is an efflux transporter, a critical pump that helps the pathogen M. tuberculosis grow by scavenging essential iron. Unfortunately, overexpressed MmpL5 can also pump out ...

Efforts to reduce child mortality in Africa via mass treatment with the antibiotic azithromycin (AZM) may lead to increased drug resistance in bacteria that frequently cause pneumonia and ...

Cryo-EM structure of the MmpL5-MmpS5-AcpM complex from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60365-5 ...

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, raw sewage, 16S rRNA, bacterial community structure. Citation: Li Y, Ash KT, Joyner D, Williams DE and Hazen TC (2025) SARS-CoV-2 virus in raw wastewater from student ...