Transformation is a genetic exchange mechanism by which “naked” DNA is taken up by bacteria. This newly acquired DNA may include genes that enable bacteria to perform tasks that were previously ...

The discovery could pave the way to starving antibioitc-resistant bacteria without new drugs or harmful chemicals.

"This is effectively a heritable, reversible type of genetic regulation," she said. She posits that scientists may eventually be able to use inversions to create a toggleable bacterial system to ...

Take a look at the similarity scale at the bottom of Figure 1, and note that the clinical isolates (i.e., the bacteria obtained ... important clues about the genetic variations that make the ...

A cutting-edge genetic test can rapidly detect and identify almost any kind of disease-causing microorganism in the human ...

Microbial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses and some protozoa and fungi. Non-pharmaceutical interventions for ...

The ISME Journal, Vol. 11, Issue. 3, p. 821. The study of bacterial genetics has revolutionised with the development of genome sequencing, which let us catalogue the gene content of various clinically ...

A cutting-edge genetic test can rapidly detect and identify almost any kind of disease-causing microorganism in the human body, whether it's a virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite, researchers say.

In a novel study that identified male chromosome genetic material in the intestines ... from healthy donors restores the balance of good bacteria that are markers of a healthy gut in people ...