Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...

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Western Sydney University researchers have discovered that drought-affected wheat plants are able to call on eco-friendly ...

The aging of the innermost cell layer of blood vessels leads to cardiovascular diseases. Researchers at UZH have now shown ...

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria, which were discovered in waste-water sludge in the early 1990s, have the unique metabolic ability to combine ammonium and nitrite or nitrate to ...

Leveraging a bacterial species to build strong bricks from fine, lunar soil-like material, scientists explore a sustainable ...

New research shows that harmful E. coli bacteria in the gut can make the amoeba parasite Entamoeba histolytica more mobile ...

Discover how neurodegenerative diseases may start with blood-brain barrier damage, leading to memory loss and cognitive ...

GDA constitutes an important adaptive mechanism in bacteria, and resistance to several classes of antibiotic can be conferred by increased gene dosage through GDA. Similarly, the fitness costs of ...