The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don't do the work on their own—the viruses that infect them also influence the ...

A new method exposes key details of the mechanism behind calcium signaling in prokaryotes for the first time.

Prokaryotes are organisms whose cells lack a nucleus and other organelles. Prokaryotes are divided into two distinct groups: the bacteria and the archaea, which scientists believe have unique ...

How do bacteria avoid wasteful production of unnecessary proteins when their genes are always on? The answer lies in regulating the operon. As trp levels increase, trp binds to trpR, causing a ...

A study identifies nearly 23,000 auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) that viruses have "stolen" from marine microbes, impacting ...

The study is published in Science Advances. Researchers at the University of California, Davis and UC Santa Barbara generated a list of prokaryotes with fermentative metabolism from the literature.

Bacteria are amongst the simplest of organisms – they are made of single cells. Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi.

The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don't do the work on their own - the viruses that infect them also influence ...

Imagine being one cartwheel away from changing your appearance. One flip, and your brunette locks are platinum blond. That's ...

A recent study has uncovered critical details about the association between anaerobic ciliates and methanogenic archaea, a ...

This useful study by Gao et al identifies Hspa2 as a heterogeneous transcript in the early embryo and proposes a plausible mechanism showing interactions with Carm1. The authors propose that ...