Microbial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, viruses and some protozoa and fungi.

Marine bacteria have evolved to bypass the copper-based coatings applied to ship hulls to stop the growth of barnacles, algae ...

In Biointerphases, researchers study the genetic characteristics of various bacteria species responsible for their survival ...

KAIST researchers have engineered a hybrid promoter that preserves its relative strength ranking across E. coli and yeast, ...

Scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to 'vaccinate' ...

A study of nearly 900,000 people shows that acquired blood stem cell mutations, particularly expanded SRSF2 clones, confer ...

No matter how much they brush their teeth, some people still get more cavities than others, in part because of differences in genetics and the make-up of the microbes in their mouths. A new study has ...

A new study led by Paul Schulze-Lefert from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, in collaboration ...

The bacterium Escherichia coli comes in many forms, and researchers have used a harmless strain of it to redesign how the microbes 'communicate' with one another. They did so by creating a genetic ...

A study of 50 women with surgically confirmed endometriosis found that differences in gut bacterial composition were ...

Genetics are thought to explain about half of a person’s risk of developing type 1 diabetes. What decides the rest has been ...

Bacterial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in bacteria, their chromosomes, plasmids, transposons and phages. Techniques that have enabled this discipline are culture in ...