For bacteria, microplastics are the perfect meetup spot—tiny, intimate surfaces where microbes can cling, huddle close and ...

The gut microbiome, also known as the gut flora, is essential for health. This complex and dynamic community of ...

Certain antibiotic-resistant infections could be treated with precision medicine in the future, thanks to a new resource mapping plasmids the ultimate vehicle of rapid bacterial evolution.

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for certain antibiotic-resistant infections, such as urinary tract infections.

Microplastics are seemingly everywhere—and now growing research suggests they could be breeding grounds for drug-resistant ...

A new study reveals that the majority of Earth’s species stem from a few evolutionary explosions, where new traits or habitats sparked rapid diversification. From flowers to birds, these bursts ...

Salmonella Dublin is a type of bacteria that primarily infects cattle, but some strains also can adapt to infect humans. It ...

New research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and ...

Directed evolution is usually a laborious process that often takes weeks in which proteins rapidly evolve and develop ...

Lines of bacterial genome sequences are made to evolve independently by introducing high-activity insertion sequences, each simulating decades of evolution in the wild in just weeks.

Yuki Kanai, University of Tokyo Researchers often study bacterial genomes, with their relatively small size and consistency, useful for modeling changes in physiology, ecology and evolution.