How Important are Bacteria for Life on Earth?
Approaches to describe the tree of life have been based on the physical characteristics and metabolic features of distinguished organisms.
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Approaches to describe the tree of life have been based on the physical characteristics and metabolic features of distinguished organisms.
Investigators have identified a protein that plays a critical role in activating genes required for a critical developmental stage of the malaria parasite.
We spoke to two researchers about how they use insights in epidemiology to answer key questions about existing and emerging viruses.
The switch from commensal to pathogenic is considered to be an important switch that has direct consequences on human health.
Virginia Tech researchers discovered that the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has a highly unusual modification in its protective molecular bag – its peptidoglycan, which is common to all bacteria.