Older women with recurrent urinary tract infections are increasingly trapped in a cycle where the very bacteria living in ...

In all, the megacluster provides a sophisticated siege on an essential pathway in many bacteria, including Streptomyces’ foes ...

Research has revealed how bacteria rely on circadian clocks to control the spread of their multicellular colonies. The ...

Four antibiotic compounds produced in Streptomyces bacteria attack multiple parts of an essential metabolic pathway.

If the bioeconomy is to scale, it needs a cheaper, more consistent source of fermentable sugars, says New Zealand startup ...

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

Researchers found that highly drug-resistant bacteria from hospitals are also resistant to glyphosate, a commonly used ...

In his 1989 book Wonderful Life, the late Harvard scientist Stephen Jay Gould imagined rewinding life’s history to an early ...

Genes aren't just transferred from parents to their offspring. Nature has found other ways to pass on genetic information, ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

TEM was performed on LSUCC0530 cells grown to late exponential phase. An analysis of hundreds of SAR11 genomes revealed that changes to their environment led to abnormal cell division. Credit: Thrash ...

Using a novel DNA scan for rapid gene takeovers, researchers have found that industrial starch additives in packaged foods are driving evolution in gut bacteria worldwide. The experts used the ...