Bacterial and other microbes are thought to evolve primarily through binary fission, meaning asexual reproduction, while also engaging in infrequent genetic exchange. Using a novel bioinformatic ...

Mitochondrial fission generates new organelles ... retain characteristics related to their bacterial origins and are thus potent immune triggers outside the organelle, Yamada et al.

New research shows bacteria form distinct species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange via homologous recombination.

This important study characterizes the mechanics and stability of bolalipids from archaeal membranes using molecular dynamics simulations. A mesoscale model of bolalipids is presented and evaluated ...

For years, scientists believed that the unique genetic exchange mechanisms present in bacteria and their vast ... specifically binary fission, with only sporadic genetic exchange.

A successful fission reaction, using uranium or plutonium ... just below the Arctic Circle. Diphtheria is a bacterial airborne disease which may prove deadly, especially in children, when it ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a new synthetic approach that turbocharges bacteria into producing more of a specific protein, even proteins that would normally destroy ...

In the quest to take the “forever” out of “forever chemicals,” bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...

Bacteria have developed many strategies to defend themselves from phages — the viruses that infect them. The Zorya defence system uses a previously undescribed antiviral strategy. An inner ...

Certain bacteria found in people's mouths may be linked to changes in brain function as you age, experts have said. The study, external, led by the University of Exeter, found certain types of ...