To adapt to changing environmental pressures, bacteria have developed various methods that allow them to uptake exogenous DNA and incorporate it into their own genomes. One of these processes is ...

Conjugation is the process by which one bacterium ... The pilus then draws the two bacteria together, at which time the donor bacterium transfers genetic material to the recipient bacterium.

Donor bacteria (green) attract recipient bacteria (red) to mating clusters. Conjugation events are represented Red bacteria displaying yellow dots. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

This process, known as bacterial conjugation, is a key mechanism by which genetic traits, particularly antibiotic resistance, are shared among bacterial populations. While conjugation has ...

In particular, we study the fundamental mechanics and principles that influence bacterial conjugation. Our goal is to use this knowledge to facilitate the use of conjugation as a synthetic biological ...

The research centered on bacterial conjugation, the process by which bacteria share genetic material, including antibiotic resistance. Hebrew University scientists led by Professors Sigal Ben ...

Bacteria can also transfer plasmids to one another through a process called conjugation. Scientists have taken advantage of plasmids to use them as tools to clone, transfer, and manipulate genes.

Till now, the prevailing understanding was that bacterial conjugation only took place on solid surfaces and that the tail's rotation was only for movement. Advt But the findings, recently ...

The research team discovered that the rotation of flagella in Bacillus subtilis acts as a mechanical signal that activates key conjugation genes. This enables donor bacteria to form clusters with ...