A Université de Montréal study has found a previously unknown mechanism in bacterial reproduction that could be attacked by future antibiotics. Bacteria reproduce by dividing into two: they form a ...

Many insects are naturally infected with symbiotic bacteria, which are typically transmitted vertically from mother to offspring but are not transmitted horizontally. Understanding the effects of ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Further analysis of PifA and PifB revealed that they exhibit many of the characteristics of eukaryotic host-associated ...

Most bacteria engage in gene flow through homologous recombination, and this mechanism may play a crucial role in maintaining species cohesiveness, much like sexual reproduction does in eukaryotes.

Bacteria can survive under an amazing variety of different conditions, ranging from deep sea waters 1,2 to aerobic 3,4, anaerobic 5,6, and high temperature conditions 7,8 and can even be revived from ...