Through whole-genome sequencing, we can analyze all the DNA in a microbial ... processing environments and agricultural runoff, allowing resistant bacteria to persist and reach humans. These resistant ...

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A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health. When antibiotics don't work, we risk not being able to treat many types of infections and people who would previously have been cured, can ...

C. diff, a dangerous and highly contagious infection, spreads in hospitals much more than previously believed, especially ...

Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are not like big animals that leave clear signs in the geological record, which thankful palaeontologists can study many millions of years ...

A long search beyond the realm of microbes N4-methylcytosine (4mC) is a form of immunity in bacteria, camouflaging their genome from enzymes that degrade foreign sequences by adding a methyl chemical ...

The hospital used a lab technique to produce multiple copies of genes from the patient’s bacteria in a dish and then ...

We developed a novel set of peptide nucleic acid (PNA)-based FISH probes with optimal target specificity by analyzing the variations in 16S ribosomal RNA sequence across all bacterial species." ...