Quorum Sensing and Virulence
Following on the heels of my recent post on Bacterial Biofilms, I wanted to write about quorum sensing next. This is a fascinating topic, and understanding how it works helps explain how a bacterium...
Tagged: Microbiology
The Swarming Bacteria
This is a great bit of research on bacterial biofilms, published open access in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal. Researchers discovered that bacteria build an intricate network of tunnels within...
Battling Antibiotic-resistant Microbes with Milky HAMLET
• Infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a huge problem in our healthcare system. Prior to the discovery of antibiotics, bacterial infections usually meant a death sentence. But now these weapons against bacterial infections are...
