While CRISPR may be the most notable genetic technology to emerge from microbes, many of the tools researchers use to control genes and their products are borrowed from bacterial systems. One of these ...

Bacteria require iron as a cofactor in essential processes such as respiration, DNA synthesis and defence against oxidative stress. Yet iron is scarce in many environments due to its low solubility ...

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are experts in evolving new strategies to avoid being killed by antibiotics. Bacteria strains can evolve individually and mutate quickly and constantly when they are ...