These pieces describe the basics of gene organization in prokaryotes and how gene expression is regulated in prokaryotes compared to eukaryotes. How do bacteria adapt so quickly to their environments?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By mapping the genetic code of particularly virulent strains of Lyme disease bacteria, scientists may have gotten a step closer to ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Scientists ...

Many organizations and researchers have sounded the alarm about the rise of antibiotic resistance (as explained in the video), and scientists are aiming to learn more about how resistance spreads ...

Researchers conducted a high-throughput growth assay and machine learning to address the genetic and environmental interplay on bacterial growth. The findings indicated that the environmental ...

An international team of academics, including Professor Marco Oggioni from the University of Leicester's Department of Genetics, has studied how localised infections can turn into the dangerous ...

A toxin produced by bacteria as a defense mechanism causes mutations in target bacteria that could help them survive, according to a study published today in eLife. The finding suggests that ...

Antibiotics can destroy many types of bacteria, but increasingly, bacterial pathogens are gaining resistance to many commonly used types. As the threat of antibiotic resistance looms large, ...

Researchers have shown that colored light can both activate and deactivate genes of gut bacteria in the intestines of worms. The research shows how optogenetic technology can be used to investigate ...