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- Mystery of quinine biosynthesis solved
Newly discovered enzymes found in the cinchona tree play a crucial role in the production of the malaria drug quinine and other important alkaloids. This opens up possibilities for the biotechnolog...
- Analysis of single plant cells provides insights into natural product biosynthesis
In a new study published in Nature Chemical Biology, an international team of researchers from the University of Georgia, USA, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, pr...
- "Corrective glass" for mass spectrometry imaging
The chemical analysis of biological tissues with three-dimensional shapes has been a major problem so far. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have now im...
- Researchers visualize antibiotic substances and their bacterial producers simultaneously
Microbes are the oldest and most successful organisms on the planet, and they communicate and interact using chemistry as their language. While research of the past decades has uncovered fascinatin... - Electron micrographs show that bacteria exchange nutrients via nanotubes
It is well-known that bacteria can support each others' growth and exchange nutrients. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, and their colleagues at the univ...
- Bacteria grow faster if they feed each other
The division of labor is more efficient than a struggle through life without help from others - this is also true for microorganisms. Researchers from Research Group Experimental Ecology and Evolut...