The genome structure—how genes are organized within DNA sequences in an organism—is fundamental to the processes and ...

Eligo Bioscience, a biotechnology company pioneering the development of novel genetic medicines, today announced it has ...

A version of Vibrio natriegens with five unusual edits has begun to remediate as many organic pollutants in industrial ...

Over the last few years, however, we've found a growing number of cases where bacteria have evolved the ability to break down such chemicals, like industrial contaminants and plastics ...

Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It ...

Natural products are among the most promising candidates for the development of new drugs. However, due to their structural complexity, they are often difficult to access.

Genetic engineering is the act of modifying the ... with fluorescent proteins while new virions are assembled in bacteria, enabling direct observation of phage outbreaks with single-virion resolution.

Scientists have identified essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to 'displace' antibiotic resistance genes from bacteria.

Bacteria like A. borkumensis are important for degrading oil pollution, so these findings are of significant interest.

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique ...