Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival.

to construct its own tail-like structure out of actin filaments. “If you slow down the leading ribosome, the ribosome after it goes and hits it . . . just like a pile-up in a freeway.” Some ...

Under normal circumstances, a bacterial cell will reproduce by a form of cell ... James Watson and Francis Crick determined the three-dimensional structure of DNA. This discovery enabled ...

Immune cells that eat bacteria in the body don’t stash them in specialized compartments as once thought, but turn them into critical nutrients that build proteins, create energy and keep the ...

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are one of the greatest challenges facing modern medicine, and they are likely to grow greater ...

Before we understood that DNA was the genetic code, scientists knew that bacteria transferred it between cells. In 1928, 25 years before the structure of DNA was solved, British bacteriologist ...