Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...

aureus employs to survive in humans. The study of the evolution and genetic adaptation of bacteria in their natural environment, either during the asymptomatic colonisation of their carriers or in ...

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ...

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ...

Lake Mendota in Wisconsin is transformed by the changing seasons – covered by ice in winter, and by algae in summer – and a new study shows how these cyclical shifts are putting the lake's bacteria ...

“Imagine each species’ genome is a book, and each little DNA fragment is a sentence,” Rohwer said in a press statement. “Each sample has hundreds of books, all cut up into these sentences. To ...

Scientists explored the evolutionary success of leaf beetles, the most diverse herbivores on Earth. They showed that symbioses with bacteria have evolved repeatedly and independently in different ...

Once again, we’re here to tell you that evolution is not always linear. In Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota, for example, bacteria evolve in a kind of endless loop – think Groundhog Day if it were ...