"Do bacteria adapt in such a short time? Does that adaptation also lead to diversity?" asked Kishony. More information: Genetic variation of a bacterial pathogen within individuals with cystic ...

and to analyze the frequency of endogenous infection (caused by bacteria from the patient's own microbiota). The UNIFESP group first investigated the genetic diversity and drug resistance of E.

Scientists say a species of bacteria rewrites the history of when an infectious and potentially deadly disease first arrived ...

Genetic diversity enhances survival by promoting adaptation and resilience. Embracing biological and social differences is ...

Having analyzed over 4000 tumors, they shed light on the diversity of these co ... metastases of 26 types of cancer. In that genetic material, you can see not only which human cells are present, but ...

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 ...

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

Researchers have assessed the impact of processing on the presence and transfer of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on chicken meat. Findings showed that ...

Instead of allowing genetic material to float around freely, like other bacteria do ... really opened our eyes to the unexplored microbial diversity that exists," says Shailesh Date of the ...

By observing more than 100 bacterial isolates and almost 1,000 samples, the scientists found, respectively, low genetic ...