Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium responsible for anthrax, has a complex cell wall structure that plays a crucial role in its survival and virulence. Central to this structure are cell wall ...

Knut Drescher at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, discovered that fragments of the bacterial cell wall, so-called peptidoglycans, serve as an alarm signal indicating danger in the environment.

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These compounds are small enough to pass through the bacterial cell wall. Glycerol can be converted into a glycolysis intermediate. The fatty acids can be catabolized and their fragments can ...

Brain inflammation, while a crucial part of the body's immune response, takes on a detrimental role in Alzheimer's disease. Unlike the acute, short-lived inflammation that combats infection, the ...