This method of bacterial genome sequencing could be used to identify antibiotic-resistant strains—for example, in patients with urinary tract infections—or to locate beneficial strains in fecal ...

The chemical power of oxygen markedly changes a bacteria's genome because a cell's metabolism becomes organized around oxygen ...

A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific world. Developed from a ...

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It is becoming increasingly evident that genome-sequence changes have an impact on the pathogenic potential and host tropism of many bacterial pathogens 10. With the availability of complete ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

“When phage infect a bacterial cell, the EPI vesicle protects the genome of the virus during early stages of infection when ...

MGI Tech Co., Ltd. ("MGI"), a company committed to building core tools and technologies that drive innovation in life science ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there ...