Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

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

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

Imagine a world where bacteria, typically feared for causing disease, are turned into powerful weapons against cancer. Thats ...

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

Artificial bacterial transformation is a laboratory technique scientists use to introduce foreign DNA into bacterial cells. There are two main methods by which this is achieved: Gram positive and Gram ...