Most bacteria, including many bacterial pathogens, are surrounded by an outer protective layer of sugar molecules, known as a ...

MHH researchers explain how pathogens establish a connection between their cell surface and their protective capsules Bacteria have different strategies for protecting themselves. Some bacterial ...

The microbiome is home to an estimated 100 trillion bacteria, existing as a dense colony of many different strains and species. Similar to all organisms, bacteria must also compete with one another ...

Vaccines that protect people from infection by Streptococcus pneumonia, which kills up to 1 million children every year worldwide, train the immune system to recognize the pathogen's thick sugar ...

https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/media-center/newsroom/news-detail/molecular-knit... HZI Press Release ...