However, scientists struggled to study replication’s effects on gene expression because the bugs in a bacterial population are like shift workers in a sleepless city. 2 Each one occupies a different ...

Improved understanding of how bacterial defense mechanisms operate may help scientists select phages with the best chance of ...

In classical bacterial conjugation, one bacterium transfers genetic material to another through direct cell-to-cell contact.3 This can either be through a natural process or via artificial means.

References [1] Nutritional control of bacterial DNA replication. Current Opinion in Microbiology (2023).

In a groundbreaking revelation that could reshape the future of medicine, scientists are turning to ancient viruses—called bacteriophages or simply phages—in the global battle against ...

In a breakthrough discovery, published in Nature Communications, scientists from Queen Mary University of London in collaboration with researchers at Newcastle University and The Francis Crick ...

Control of replication and gene expression by ADP-ribosylation of DNA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The EMBO Journal, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s44318-025-00451-y ...

News Release 24-Jul-2023 Bacterial single-cell whole genome sequencing overhauled by engineered polymerase Peer-Reviewed Publication Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters ...

Based in the College of Veterinary Medicine, the team found that the bacteria can manipulate a protein known as ATF6, which helps cells detect and respond to infection, to support its own growth ...