Bacteria have evolved to adapt to all of Earth's most extreme conditions, from scorching heat to temperatures well below zero ...

Ben Woodcroft receives funding from the ARC. Adrián A. Davín does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has ...

Bacterial strains thriving in icy environments could worsen the global antibiotic resistance crisis – or play a role in ...

Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that the genomes of ...

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Whether it’s the ocean’s deepest hydrothermal vents or tall mountain peaks, bacteria is likely surviving and thriving. Ice caves can host a wide variety of microorganisms and offer biologists a bevy ...

In a groundbreaking study, researcher Kostas Konstantinidis has reshaped our understanding of microbial life, challenging the long-standing belief that bacteria do not form distinct species. For years ...

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)Aug 22 2024 Surprisingly, a large number of mutations occurred at the same site or in the same gene across multiple ...