Submissions may deal with any prokaryotic predators, defined here as organisms which kill prey organism(s), and which can grow on prey as sole nutrient source. This includes organisms that have not ...

Soil samples were taken after the harvest of each summer crop phase (i.e., Soybean, Maize, Wheat/Soybean), and the soil prokaryotic community was monitored using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Conclusion: ...

Insights into protein synthesis processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes are crucial for advancements in genetics, ...

All major life processes like respiration, digestion and reproduction are carried out within the single cell. There are ...

Microbes from at least 21 phyla live under this 44-foot layer of ice—and some might even be working together to survive.

Biologists used artificial intelligence to make discoveries about molecules and the brain, and overturned long-held ...

One possible reason why we haven't found any intelligent life in the cosmos the Great Filter argument, which says that very ...

The asteroid sample, coded A0180, was collected by the Japanese Space Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 probe in 2018. This mission ...

As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth's history. Now, with nearly two decades of experience ...

Over the 1.5 billion years of the Proterozoic Eon, a crucial innovation in terrestrial life unfolded — one without which we would not exist today ...

CRISPR-Cas systems are prokaryotic immune systems that confer resistance to foreign genetic elements such as plasmids and phages. CRISPR-Cas systems have been exploited for targeted genome editing.

Molecular and cellular biology research studies molecules and cells in order to improve human health and the environment. Our research groups have many fruitful interdisciplinary interactions with ...