All Articles Tagged As: bacillus subtilis
 | New research at Harvard explains how bacterial biofilms expand to form slimy mats on teeth, pipes, surgical instruments, and crops. ...> Full Article |
 | Turning on the heater is a reasonable response to a cold environment: switch to a toastier state until it warms up outside. Biologists have long thought cells would respond to their environment in a similar way. But now researchers at Caltech are finding that cells can respond using a pulsating mechanism. The principles behind this process are surprisingly simple and could drive other cellular processes, revealing more about how the cells -- and ultimately life -- work. ...> Full Article |
 | By rethinking what happens on the surface of things, engineers at Harvard University have discovered that Bacillus subtilis biofilm colonies exhibit an unmatched ability to repel a wide range of liquids -- and even vapors. ...> Full Article |
A study by scientists at Rice University and Argentina's National University of Rosario offers a new answer for how bacteria respond to cold temperatures: They use a measuring stick. The study in the September issue of Current Biology found the species Bacillus subtilis senses the cold with a specialized protein that measures the thickness of the bacteria's outer cell wall. The protein sends a signal when falling temperatures cause the cell wall to thicken.
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A team of marine microbiologists at Newcastle University have discovered for the first time that bacteria have a molecular "nose".
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