Bacterial physiology: Bacteria get old : Nature Reviews Microbiology
“A new study using data from earlier work that had generated conflicting results now reveals that bacteria do indeed age, but aging and rejuvenation occur...
Tag: biochemistry
Another step forward in the future of anti-microbials
Title: PLoS ONE: Antifungal Activity of Microbial Secondary Metabolites “Secondary metabolites are well known for their ability to impede other microorgan...
Superbugs Predate Wonder Drugs – ScienceNOW
“It’s a “carefully done study,” adds George Church, a geneticist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. “Non-s...
Complexification, complexity inflection points, and Russian nested dolls
Proteome-wide post-translational modification statistics: frequency analysis and curation of the swiss-prot database : Scientific Reports : Nature Publishing Gr...
Chemically evolved bacteria
“European scientists have created an Escherichia coli strain with a separate genome using chlorinated DNA. The genome should be unable to transfer back in...