Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Colorado Boulder used a gene-silencing tool and a large ...

The marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil spills, and thereby ...

The red-marked bacteria with the gene cluster switched off were no longer able to synthesize the detergent. The bacteria were then unable to attach to the surface of oil droplets (left) the way they ...

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 ...

Researchers showed that some spinach defensins can confer similar protection to citrus and potatoes -- and possibly other crops. The effects show significant progress toward recovering yield and ...

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

But they also interact with the human nervous system. Microbes can produce compounds that affect the way neurons work. They ...

Scientists identified a new electrically conductive bacterium, Ca. Electrothrix yaqonensis, with potential applications in ...

This file photo shows Sun Yuanxia looking at sugar in a lab at the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology in north ...

Breakthrough Discovery Explained In theory, the difference between a man-made machine and biology is pretty clear. Our inventions mostly run on electricity, while life, from bacteria to humans, runs ...

The world market for recombinant proteins remains strong, with North America and Europe dominating research and development as a result of their strong biopharmaceutical industries. The Asia-Pacific ...

Global Microbial Incubators Market is valued at approximately USD 331.59 million in 2023 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 5.2% over the forecast period 2024-2032.