The molecule was found in soil samples collected from a laboratory technician’s garden. The discovery shows that “there is ...

How do bacteria, lacking a nucleus, organize and pack their genome into the cell? Supercoiling enables this but forces a different kind of transcription and translation in prokaryotes. Aa Aa Aa ...

The European Commission has answered several questions around new rules on the use of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) in foodborne outbreak investigations.

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed a vector that integrates the Cre enzyme gene with the specific DNA ...

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The ...

LBP-EC01 is a bacteriophage ‘cocktail’ that has been modified using CRISPR/Cas3 gene-editing to improve its ability to target the E coli genome. Lab studies have demonstrated it is ...

Two law firms representing patients sickened in an E. coli outbreak linked to the St ... links 25 of the 115 cases to the caterer, whole genome sequencing (WGS) has found matches in cases in ...

Genome construction involves three basic steps: oligonucleotide synthesis, genome assembly, and delivery of the synthetic genome into cells. Refactoring or streamlining is an acceptable strategy for ...

Analysis of the genome sequencing data confirmed that the ... sampling program for different indicator organisms as well as E. coli O157 and Listeria species. Researchers said unsatisfactory ...

After lagging far behind European countries and the United States on COVID vaccine development, Japan has set about amending regulations that ...

Earlier this month, the agency confirmed at least 37 people had been admitted to hospital following the E. coli outbreak, which it believed to be linked to food. Whole genome sequencing of samples ...