A Kobe University team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms.

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

Pioneering research led by the University of Bristol has repurposed a gene-editing tool to help shed light on the true ...

A Kobe University team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms.

DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, ...

Her hunch was wrong, but the results of her recent study point to a potential solution for antibiotic resistance. Bacteria are ancient organisms that have learned advanced evolutionary behaviours over ...

A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

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