Researchers have created a novel imaging-technology combination that can capture gene activity in individual bacteria in their complex local environments, opening new avenues to investigate bacterial ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean’s relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day ...

A new study has revealed the existence of bifunctional diterpene cyclases/synthases (DCSs) in bacteria, offering compelling evidence that the plant terpene synthase gene family, termed TPS, originated ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new ...

How do bacteria—harmless ones living in our bodies, or those that cause disease—organize their activities? A new study, combining powerful genomic-scale microscopy with a technical innovation, ...

By combining MERFISH imaging with expansion microscopy, researchers have unlocked a new way to study bacteria at the ...

"This discovery not only clarifies the evolutionary origins of TPSs but also highlights the dynamic nature of gene fusion events in bacteria," said Dr. Reuben Peters, a co-author of the study. "The ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A unique genetic signature in bacteria can predict their likelihood of developing antibiotic resistance. This discovery focuses on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, known ...

Therefore, novel methods to control these pathogens are urgently needed. Besides bacterial disease control, host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) has been developed to control eukaryotic pathogens and ...