Now, microbiologists in Hungary and China are collaborating on ways to predict drug resistance among strains of ...

The cell wall is essential for bacterial life and its synthesis is the target of crucial antibiotics such as penicillin and vancomycin. We determine the structure and function of the cell wall to ...

Antibiotic resistance has become an increasing problem in hospitals, rendering a slew of formerly effective antibiotics useless against certain deadly strains of bacteria, such as ...

Staphylococcus ... aureus from antimicrobial fatty acids (AFAs) through different mechanisms. Multiple additional components contribute to defense from AFAs, including staphyloxanthin, wall ...