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 ...

Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic marine pathogen that can cause severe, sometimes fatal, infections in humans, ...

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.

Transcription–replication interactions reveal bacterial genome regulation. Nature, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06974-w ...

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 ...

That way, the phage can allocate energy to where it is most needed: its replication and, eventually, release from the cell. We found this regulation occurs at multiple levels.

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