Recent studies applying advanced imaging techniques are changing the way we
understand bacterial cell surfaces, bringing new knowledge on everything from single-cell …

Atomic force microscopy is an increasingly attractive tool to study how peptides disrupt
membranes. Often performed on reconstituted lipid bilayers, it provides access to time and …

β Barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) cluster into supramolecular assemblies that give
function to the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. How such assemblies form …

Gram-negative bacteria are surrounded by a protective outer membrane (OM) with
phospholipids in its inner leaflet and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in its outer leaflet. The OM is …

Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are extracellular structures derived from the outer
membrane of bacteria. They carry diverse cargos such as proteins, nucleic acids and …

This paper reports on the use of scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) to locally
map the ionic properties and charge environment of two live bacterial strains: the Gram …

Hypothesis Nanomaterials have been extensively investigated for a wide range of
biomedical applications, including as antimicrobial agents, drug delivery vehicles, and …

Development of dysbiosis in complex multispecies bacterial biofilms forming on teeth,
known as dental plaque, is one of the factors causing periodontitis. Fusobacterium …

An important effector function of the human complement system is to directly kill Gram-
negative bacteria via Membrane Attack Complex (MAC) pores. MAC pores are assembled …

Nowadays, test strips are widely applied, but their use is mostly limited to the qualitative or
half-quantitative analysis of targets. The main reason for their limited use is the “Coffee Ring …