β-Barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) represent the major proteinaceous component of
the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. These proteins perform key roles in …

An immediately observable feature of bacteria is that cell size and shape are remarkably
constant and characteristic for a given species in a particular condition, but vary …

INTRODUCTION The generation of biological data is presenting us with one of the most
demanding analysis challenges the world has ever faced, not only in terms of storage and …

Systems biology modeling typically requires quantitative experimental data such as
intracellular concentrations or copy numbers per cell. In order to convert population …

We used a suspended microchannel resonator (SMR) combined with picoliter-scale
microfluidic control to measure buoyant mass and determine the'instantaneous' growth rates …

Bacterial cytokinesis is accomplished by the essential 'divisome'machinery. The most widely
conserved divisome component, FtsZ, is a tubulin homolog that polymerizes into the 'FtsZ …

Microbial biofilms are complex, self-organized communities of bacteria, which employ
physiological cooperation and spatial organization to increase both their metabolic …

The aim of this study was to reproduce the physico-mechanical antibacterial effect of the
nanocolumnar cicada wing surface for metallic biomaterials by fabrication of titanium (Ti) …

Inside individual cells, expression of genes is inherently stochastic and manifests as cell-to-
cell variability or noise in protein copy numbers. Since proteins half-lives can be comparable …

Bacteria can generate benefits for themselves and their kin by living in multicellular, matrix-
enclosed communities, termed biofilms, which are fundamental to microbial ecology and the …