When exposed to antibiotics, approximately one out of every 10 8 -10 9 bacteria develops resistance due to spontaneous ...

Credit: Technology Networks. The interplay of horizontal gene transfer and genetic recombination in bacteria While HGT allows bacteria to acquire novel advantageous traits rapidly, it can lead to an ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now ...

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) ...

I just think the lesson is that DNA really gets around. —Nancy Moran, University of Texas at Austin If Li had been studying bacteria, finding this kind of lateral or horizontal gene transfer (HGT) ...

that horizontal gene transfer between kingdoms could be a natural process. This idea was based on the numerous demonstrations that bacteria, fungi, and animal cells readily take up and express ...

"Around half of the bacterial taxa in the wastewater community could pick up the plasmids, giving us a detailed map of ...

Their study highlights the crucial role of bacterial symbioses and horizontal gene transfer in enabling leaf beetles to ...

"Around half of the bacterial taxa in the wastewater community could pick up the plasmids, giving us a detailed map of horizontal gene transfer events." The study also showed that RAM can be used ...