Recently, Professor Frédéric Veyrier at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and his team developed a new genetic tool based on a family of specific enzymes called Ssn that allows ...

Reports, Čačković et al., “Selective heterotopic bacteria can selfishly process polysaccharides in freshwater lakes.” (25)00186-X ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there ...

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When seawater penetrates concrete in road tunnels, a biofilm is formed that breaks down the concrete. This can lead to high ...

By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaIn a recent study published in Cell, researchers elucidated mechanisms by which a bacterial ...

Bacteriophages, the viruses that prey on bacteria, are the most abundant biological entities on earth, shaping the ...

Bacteria play key roles in degrading organic matter, both in the soil and in aquatic ecosystems. While most bacteria digest large molecules externally, allowing other community members to share and ...