Researchers discovered a bacterial protein that detects phage infection and forms membrane pores to kill the host cell before ...

In this week's news, scientists announce that they’d made the first entirely computer-generated bacterial genome, and a new ...

Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

Discover how Listeria bacteria communicate to develop antibiotic resistance and the implications for future drug development.

Transposons are critical drivers of bacterial evolution that have been studied for many decades and have been the subject of Nobel Prize winning research. Now, researchers from Cornell University have ...

Bacteria are among the most diverse lifeforms on Earth, so it’s no surprise that their genomes have yielded a treasure trove of fascinating discoveries. The study of bacterial genomes has led to the ...

While largely unnoticed, phages do not harm humans. On the contrary, these viruses are gaining increasing popularity as biomedicines to eradicate pathogenic bacteria, especially those associated with ...

The genome structure — how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism — is fundamental to the processes and functions of organisms. A team at the University of Tokyo has developed a ...

(Nanowerk News) Targeted editing of genetic information has advanced at an extraordinary pace in recent years. Tools such as the CRISPR-Cas9 “gene scissors” and base editing—a technique that makes ...

The findings, announced in a Jan. 22 press release, are the result of a study of 5,500-year-old human remains in Sabana de ...

Genomic analysis shows SAR11 bacteria, adapted to low-nutrient oceans, lack key cell cycle controls. As conditions change, ...

Common ocean bacteria struggle to divide when conditions change, reshaping how warming seas affect ecosystems.