A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

Scientists have long known that bacterial cells can easily share DNA, and now we know they can share other things too... | ...

When bacteria are under antibiotic attack, it is not "every man for himself." Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and colleagues from collaborating institutions have discovered that bacterial ...

Researchers found that bacteria exchange proteins through membrane vesicles during antibiotic stress. This enables cells to ...

These bacterial enzymes, referred to as ubiquitin clippases, split the ubiquitin molecule into two parts in such a way that the released fragment is too short to be used again. At the same time, a ...

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 cells ...

A living motor made by combining different parts from bacteria is one of the smallest ever built, and could one day power tiny robots. Many types of bacteria are propelled by natural motors that power ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." Scientists ...