Quorum sensing is a population-density-dependent signalling mechanism by which bacteria coordinate gene expression through the secretion and detection of small diffusible molecules. In pathogenic ...

Vibrio bacteria occupy a wide range of aquatic niches and include both free-living and host-associated species that impact human health, aquaculture and marine ecology. Central to their survival and ...

(left) NTU Senior Research Fellow Dr Haris Antypas from SCELSE, who is the first author of the paper, holding a coloured microscopy image of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm on his laptop; (right) ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is notorious for its role in food spoilage and infections, posing a significant threat to both food safety and human health. Traditionally, antimicrobial agents have been the go ...

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have challenged the widely held assumption in infectious disease research that blocking ...

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have discovered how specific surface patterns on plastics used for medical devices can drastically reduce the ability of bacteria to attach and multiply, ...

Quorum sensing and quenching: A microbial dial for carbon-neutral wastewater treatment. This schematic summarizes how quorum sensing (QS) and quorum quenching (QQ) control greenhouse gas emissions ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for organisms ranging from single-celled bacteria to human beings. Some ...