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

Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have—in collaboration with colleagues from Ludwig Maximilian ...

Bacteria can pass proteins between themselves, which induces a dormant state that helps a small group of them survive ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ protein, which normally forms a donut-shaped structure, must bend and ...

Groups of bacteria known as biofilms thrive in surfaces all around us. These microscopic clusters are abundant in aquatic ...