Researchers have found that certain bacteria carry a naturally occurring system, built from repurposed CRISPR components, ...

E. coli divides faster than it can replicate its genome, while simultaneously expressing its genes. Scientists recently revealed the intricate molecular coordination that makes this possible. “It’s as ...

Tuberculosis is one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases and now, a team of scientists has discovered a fundamental ...

DNA methylation in bacteria, primarily involving the addition of methyl groups to adenine or cytosine residues, constitutes a pivotal epigenetic mechanism that modulates gene expression without ...

In a significant breakthrough for biology and medical research, Indian scientists have uncovered new insights into how ...

Indian scientists have uncovered a new bacterial transcription mechanism, challenging a long-held theory and offering fresh insights to tackle Tuberculosis ...

WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Natalie Farny is launching a $1.2 million, five-year project that could advance the use of bacteria for ...

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, ...

Know how the Indian researchers at Bose Institute have challenged the long-accepted sigma cycle theory in tuberculosis ...

While CRISPR may be the most notable genetic technology to emerge from microbes, many of the tools researchers use to control genes and their products are borrowed from bacterial systems. One of these ...