In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria. New research reveals just how clever these bacterial invaders can be.

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

In plants, the space between cells is a key battleground during infection. To avoid recognition in this space, a strain of ...

In vaccine applications, for example, the bacteria would carry a protein that attacks a specific virus. According to Ahmadian and Bahrulolum, “Engineered B. subtilis spores and cells can be ...

When the amoeba encounters this molecule, the organism modifies syringafactin’s chemical structure ... This enables the bacteria to detect the presence of amoebae, whereupon genes responsible ...