How do bacteria adapt when resources run low? ISTA researchers have found that, under starvation stress, E. coli can use ...

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 system to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An estimated 38 trillion bacteria live in the human body—and only a small fraction are harmful to our health. However, the ...

Researchers describe the full molecular structure of the phage DEV. DEV infects and lyses Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, an opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis and other diseases. DEV is part ...

Last week, we looked at a new study of the origin of complex cells, one that showed that our ancestors’ genomes were pieced together from bits and pieces of multiple species. It put a spotlight on a ...

Scientists found that the meningitis B strain behind a severe Kent outbreak acquired DNA from harmless throat bacteria, gaining traits linked to increased disease severity.

For decades, a single statistic circulated widely in biology classrooms and popular science writing: the human body was said ...