A long-standing mystery in bacterial bioenergetics is beginning to unravel as researchers capture fleeting structural states of a sodium-pumping enzyme in action.

Metagenomics is the study of the metagenome—the collective genome of microorganisms from an environmental sample—to provide information on the microbial diversity and ecology of a specific environment ...

Taurine is a conditionally essential, non-proteinogenic amino acid that plays critical roles in cardiovascular, neurological, metabolic, and retinal health. While true deficiency is rare in humans, ...

Bacteria are organisms that consist of a single cell without a nucleus and with distinct structural, physiological and evolutionary characteristics. Bacteria form one of the three domains of life; the ...