the anticancer agent Salinosporamide A (skeletal formula pictured), which recently entered clinical trials, is produced by marine sediment-dwelling bacteria?
the hslVU protein complex (pictured) that degrades damaged proteins in bacteria, probably resembles the evolutionary ancestor of the proteasome, a required component of all eukaryotic cells?
the only effective way to manage the bacterial plant disease citrus canker is to destroy all infected citrus trees?
some bacteria and parasitic protozoa escape extreme conditions like desiccation and unavailability of food by forming microbial cysts?
purity of the Sasthamkotta Lake water for drinking use is attributed to presence of a large number of larvae called cavaborus, which consume much of the lake's bacteria?
ADP-ribosylation, a posttranslational protein modification, is involved in the actions of several bacterial toxins in diseases such as cholera and whooping cough?
human skin flora includes roughly 1,000 species of bacteria?
new bacterial species names are not considered valid until published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology?
Richard Lenski's long-term evolution experiment with E. coli has been tracking genetic changes in bacteria for over 20 years?