Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" shape—by keeping an enzyme at bay that would otherwise turn the cylindrical ...

In the 1950s, biochemist Stanley Miller performed a series of experiments to demonstrate that organic compounds could be created under conditions mimicking the primordial Earth. Some unused samples ...

Huangjiu, a traditional Chinese fermented beverage, is produced through the saccharification and fermentation of glutinous rice. The microbial communities involved in Huangjiu fermentation play a ...

In oil, free fatty acids (FFAs) are thought to be the preferred substrate for lipid oxidation although triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the predominant lipid class. We determined the preferential oxidation ...