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Yeast Made to Harvest Light Hint at Evolution’s Past
Kamal Nahas, PhD
| Feb 21, 2024
| 6 min read
Scientists transferred light-harvesting proteins into yeast for the first time, shining a light on the past lives of eukaryotic cells.
Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Elusive Asgard Archaea Finally Cultured in Lab
Nicoletta Lanese
| Aug 12, 2019
| 3 min read
The 12-year-long endeavor reveals
Prometheoarchaeum
as a tentacled cell, living in a symbiotic relationship with methane-producing microbes.
Archaea Sport Structures that Shuttle Genes Among Microbes
Natalia Mesa, PhD
| Nov 16, 2022
| 3 min read
Researchers find so-called integrons, previously known only in bacteria, in their distantly related microbial relatives.
Self Sufficient Cells?
Katherine Irving
| Jun 1, 2023
| 4 min read
Animal cells cannot produce 9 of the 20 amino acids they need to function. Some researchers are looking to change that.
How Bacterial Communities Divvy up Duties
Holly Barker, PhD
| Jun 1, 2023
| 10+ min read
Biofilms are home to millions of microbes, but disrupting their interactions could produce more effective antibiotics.
Recently Discovered Virus Family Infects a Human Oral Amoeba
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD
| Dec 1, 2022
| 3 min read
Redondoviruses, which have been associated with cases of periodontitis and other diseases, turn out to live inside the amoeba
Entamoeba gingivalis
.
Giant Petri Dish Displays Evolution in Space and Time
Jenny Rood
| Sep 8, 2016
| 3 min read
As
E. coli
bacteria spread over increasingly concentrated antibiotics, researchers discover novel evolutionary pathways that confer resistance.
Q&A: Gathering Diverse Microbiome Samples
Katherine Irving
| Nov 3, 2022
| 8 min read
Cofounders of a microbiome biobank speak with
The Scientist
about their new partnership with nonprofit OpenBiome and how to ethically work with donors.
Monitoring Mutations with Microfluidics
Ruth Williams
| Mar 15, 2018
| 3 min read
A device dubbed the “mother machine” enables real-time observation of mutagenesis in single bacterial cells.
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