Bioinformaticians have established that the genes in bacterial genomes are arranged in a meaningful order. They describe that the genes are arranged by function: If they become increasingly important ...

All bacteria exist as single cells at some point in their lives – except for one kind, known as multicellular magnetotactic ...

Researchers suggest the bacteria could be designed to detect pollution or nutrients, acting as sensors to help farmers ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ...

Pathogenic bacteria are getting deadlier because they are increasingly gaining resistance to crucial antibiotics. Whole ...

A team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific ...

Recent discoveries are helping scientists face this challenge in innovative ways. Studies have found that nearly a quarter of drugs that aren’t normally prescribed as antibiotics, such as medications ...

A chemical radar allows bacteria to sense and eliminate predators. Investigating how microorganisms communicate deepens our ...

Michiel Kleerebezem is to receive a four-hundred-thousand-euro NWO grant for further research into health-promoting bacteria ...