As strains of pathogens resistant to frontline antibiotics become more common worldwide, clinicians are more often turning to ...

Additionally, using in vitro evolution of populations of bacteria in combination with WGS allows us to observe evolution in 'real-time'. The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial ...

As XEC, the latest COVID variant takes hold, we are watching viral evolution play out on a time scale short enough to follow, ...

Though they live only a few hours before dividing, bacteria can anticipate the approach of cold weather and prepare for it.

Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for both the ...

Researchers have created a phage cocktail that could be used to treat antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections.

Bacterial genomics can, for example, be used to study bacterial evolution or outbreaks of bacterial infections. The leading region of plasmids is a hotspot for many anti-defence systems ...

These insights could pave the way for developing advanced artificial photosynthetic systems, enhancing clean energy production, and deepening our understanding of the evolution of life on Earth.

Many insects are naturally infected with symbiotic bacteria, which are typically transmitted vertically from mother to ...

The 3,500-year-old mummies unearthed two decades ago in Xinjiang region captured global attention this week after scientists ...

Long known as a messenger within cells, RNA is increasingly seen as life’s molecular communication system—even between ...

Largest discovery of new virus species sheds light on the hidden virosphere. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to ...