Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

Jumbo phages utilize a complex protein import system, with Imp1 as a key gatekeeper, to transport proteins into their ...

We've had a few successes using directed evolution to create useful variations of existing enzymes, but efforts to broaden ...

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce.

Meet the jumbo phage. Scientists believe they’ve cracked the code on how its ‘secret handshakes’ act as a shield against the ...

A Cornell University-led collaboration has uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide ...

In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, NUS scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human ...

Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast ...

This complex microbial dance seems to have a really important role in our health. Oral diseases and even oral cancers have ...

How do bacteria whether harmless ones residing in human bodies or those causing diseases coordinate their activities?

A new study, combining powerful genomic-scale microscopy with a technical innovation, captured which genes bacteria turn on ...

The bacterial host response is the process by which the host interacts with, and responds to, bacteria that colonize or infect it. This includes defense mechanisms such as the immune response.