A drug-resistant type of bacteria that has adapted to health care settings evolved in the past several years to weaponize an antimicrobial genetic tool, eliminating its cousins and replacing them as ...
Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.
Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the ...
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Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...
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The Right Chemistry: There are more bacterial cells in your body than you thinkBacteria have mostly been portrayed as villains that make us sick, but the Human Microbiome Project showed that we share our ...
Portuguese Man o'War warning, from Sintra to Tavira; Sightings of “unusual numbers” of these hazardous creatures ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders — by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it ...
Some things just work better in pairs—like peanut butter and jelly, or famous duos like Simon and Garfunkel. Now, scientists ...
That fishy smell? It’s bacterial vaginosis. A new study shows it’s an STI, and male partners should be treated to stop the ...
In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems.
Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...
A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...
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