Evaluating the current state of our knowledge of microbial genetic diversity, researchers determined that for at least 42% of bacteria, there is no information about their genomes in current, public ...

In a nutshell By sampling hospital surfaces and healthcare workers’ hands, not just patients, researchers found 3.6 times ...

how bacteria 'vaccinate' themselves with genetic material from dormant viruses Date: March 21, 2025 Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Summary: Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria ...

Southwestern Sydney's koalas have avoided the chlamydia outbreak threatening the entire species. But their isolation has left them extremely inbred.

Urbanization reshapes soil microbes in surprising ways—bacteria adapt and become alike, while fungi resist change.

A drug-resistant type of bacteria that has adapted to health care settings evolved in the past several years to weaponize an antimicrobial genetic ... that decrease the diversity of bacteria ...