Scientists have discovered a way to control mutation rates in bacteria, paving the way for new strategies to combat antibiotic resistance.

Microbes are in an arms race with each other, so while phages can infect bacteria, some bacterial cells have found ways to thwart the effects of those phages. New research reported in Nature ...

These mutations were not always the same, but they did seem to all reduce the virulence of the microbe. These genes help control the activity of other genes, and mutations appear to lower the ...

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Professor Schembri said the mutation gives the affected E. coli bacteria the green light to spread further into the body and infect more organs, such as the liver, spleen and brain.

Finally, the researchers investigated the clinical significance of their results. When they introduced an F158C mutation in the PheS of pathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae and enterohemorrhagic E. coli, ...

Some of the mutations can confer resistance to cipro, while other mutations can allow resistance to antibiotics not yet encountered. Mutation-generating processes that are turned on by stress ...

The findings, published in the journal Nature, revealed that childhood exposure to this toxin, which is produced by certain strains of the bacteria E. coli, could cause mutations in the DNA of the ...

Scientists already knew a good deal about mice with CRB1 mutations.Since CRB1 is a transmembrane protein that helps maintain epithelial barriers and assists in the normal development of photoreceptors ...

A natural arms race, usually between predator and prey, is one of the most fascinating phenomena in evolutionary biology. But if humans don't find a way to get ahead in our fight with bacteria, we ...