New insights have been gained from the most comprehensive tree of prokaryotic life assembled to date, report scientists. Bacteria were the original masters of their domain, having Earth to ...

Researchers at Temple and Oakland universities have completed a new tree of prokaryotic life calibrated to time, assembled from 11,784 species of bacteria. The new tree explores grand patterns of ...

Mycoplasma is a prokaryotic organism that is a frequent and occult contaminant of cell cultures. This organism can modify many aspects of cell physiology, rendering experiments that are conducted ...

Any prokaryotic group occurring in the sister group was counted once and a total frequency was calculated for each group across all trees. The lateral edges linking prokaryotic and eukaryotic ...

Mycoplasma is one of the most common cell culture contaminants, with six species of mycoplasma accounting for 95% of all contamination. Contamination in cell culture labs can lead to loss of time and ...

Mycoplasma genitaliumis a very small prokaryotic organism (bacteria) that when transferred from person to person through genital contact can lead to an infection usually in the urethra or genital ...