Bacterial immune evasion is the process by which bacteria avoid and antagonize the bacterial host response, which is mediated by the host's immune system.

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other ...

This means the Zorya system can directly fight off viruses without killing the bacterial cell," says Nicholas Taylor. "Using cryo-electron microscopy, we looked at the structure of the ZorAB complex ...