DNA methylation in bacteria, primarily involving the addition of methyl groups to adenine or cytosine residues, constitutes a pivotal epigenetic mechanism that modulates gene expression without ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that human microbes can trigger genetic brain activity in other species, suggesting our ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...

The current study explored how macronutrients in the host diet are involved in gut colonization and competition by V.

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...

New research shows that 'hacking' the communication channels between microbes in the mouth could boost levels of beneficial ...

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have found the source of the fluctuating metabolic activity in microorganisms and developed tools to keep every microbial cell at peak productivity ...

Scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) have discovered a DNA-based “dimmer switch” that regulates the activity of a critical developmental gene, Cdx2. This work could pave the way ...

The study reveals that environmental stressors do not merely kill bacteria; they can also prime surviving cells to take up ...