Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...

In recent years, the study of the gut microbiota has gained significant interest due to its implications on the health status of the host and its capacity to influence host responses to environmental ...

Hardly anything is known about the genetic basis and mechanism of male-killing. Recently, a gene called oscar, in the bacterium Wolbachia, was implicated in killing male corn borer moths by ...

Therefore, we analyzed a 16S rRNA gene library for the dominant phyllosphere bacterial phyla Alphaproteobacteria of seven Vitis genotypes at different developmental stages, i.e., flowering and ...