Bacteria possess unique traits with great potential for benefiting society. However, current genetic engineering methods to harness these advantages are limited to a small fraction of bacterial ...

The process of bacterial transformation involves the introduction of foreign plasmid DNA into a bacterial cell. The transformation of DNA into bacteria cells, for example, Escherichia coli (E. coli), ...

Two bacteria are sitting near free-floating DNA. Suddenly, one bacterium shoots out a long appendage, latches onto a DNA fragment and reels in its catch. It happens fast, but it’s clear: this organism ...

Bacterial transformation is the stable genetic modification of bacteria with foreign DNA. It is a routine procedure in molecular biology, most commonly practiced as the introduction of a DNA plasmid ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Campylobacter jejuni, a leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis, is naturally competent. Like many competent organisms, C. jejuni restricts ...

Before we understood that DNA was the genetic code, scientists knew that bacteria transferred it between cells. In 1928, 25 years before the structure of DNA was solved, British bacteriologist ...

Antibiotic resistance is widely recognized as one of the most urgent public health challenges of the twenty first century.

Did you think that the sugar in soft drinks "only" gave you cavities or a few extra pounds? According to a study relayed by ...