National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Despite rapid advances in reading the genetic code of living organisms, scientists still face a major challenge today - knowing a gene ...

The genetic culprits responsible for the spread of multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacteria have been identified by new research mapping 100 years of bacterial evolution. Experts at the Wellcome Sanger ...

A new study finds that bacteria can actively block the transfer of beneficial genes to neighboring cells, using specialized proteins to specifically destroy shared DNA before it spreads. This ...

Analysing the gene activity of every single bacterial cell in a colony? A new technique of single-cell transcriptomics developed in W rzburg can do this much more efficiently than other methods: It ...

The first large-scale genetic study of E. coli's protective armor has identified the five capsule types that are responsible for 70 per cent of all multidrug-resistant bloodstream infections in Europe ...

Microorganisms produce a wide variety of natural products that can be used as active ingredients to treat diseases such as infections or cancer. The blueprints for these molecules can be found in the ...

Legumes like soybeans, alfalfa, peas, beans, peanuts and many more have a remarkable ability: They can partner with soil ...

Scientists are finally tracing, step by step, how bacteria strip down and rebuild steroid molecules into compounds that look a lot like modern drugs. By mapping these microbial assembly lines in the ...

Fungi’s chemical secrets: Scientists identified over 5,000 gene clusters in Hypocreales fungi, most producing compounds unknown to science, many with pest-killing potential. Green alternative promise: ...

A new study finds that bacteria can actively block the transfer of beneficial genes to neighboring cells, using specialized proteins to specifically destroy shared DNA before it spreads. This ...