Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, possesses a uniquely complex cell envelope that is critical to its pathogenicity. Central to its virulence are the secondary cell wall ...

In what they labeled a "surprising" finding, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers studying bacteria from freshwater lakes and soil say they have determined a protein's essential role in maintaining the ...

LMU parasitologists have shown how Toxoplasma recycles its cell envelope – and revealed an important difference to the malaria pathogen. According to estimates, about a third of the world’s population ...