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?

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 ...

Antibiotic resistance (AR) has steadily accelerated in recent years to become a global health crisis. As deadly bacteria evolve new ways to elude drug treatments for a variety of illnesses, a growing ...

A research team from the University of Tübingen and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) is investigating how pathogens influence the immune response of their host with genetic variation.

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 ...

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do ...

Celia Souque receives funding from UKRI. In order to solve antibiotic resistance, one thing researchers first need to understand is how to stop resistance from happening to begin with. A recent study ...

A study published in Nature of the LolCDE complex, as detailed through various experimental approaches and analyses, provides a comprehensive understanding of its structure, function, dynamics, and ...