A new book, The Lure of Bacterial Genetics, honors the achievements of John Roth, distinguished professor of microbiology in the College of Biological Sciences. The book, mostly the work of former ...

Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes have seemed like an open book. By reading and decoding ...

ASM Press announces the fourth edition of Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, a textbook that centers on the most-studied bacteria, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, in addition to examples from ...

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

In his intellectually sparkling and beautifully crafted “The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie,” Richard Dawkins argues that, unlike the unfinished works of human literature—specific, ...

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 ...

A University of Leicester academic was involved in a study into single bacteria causes of systematic disease.

Is evolution possible without reproduction? Bacteria living hundreds of metres below the seafloor carry more genetic changes than their peers nearer the surface – even though the deep microbes ...

Intro to Microbial Genetics This eBook includes some of our key pieces that examine prokaryotic genetics and the important concepts we can learn by studying these organisms.

The integrase is thought to provide bacteria with the ability to “shuffle” the order of their genes, letting bacteria modulate their resistance levels on demand.

Slowing down the aging process might be possible one day with supplements derived from gut bacteria. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at ...

Book Cover PageAttenuation in the control of expression of bacterial operons Bacterial operons concerned with the biosynthesis of amino acids are often controlled by a process of attenuation. The ...