Bacterial evolution is the process of heritable change in populations of bacteria over multiple generations. It occurs through mechanisms including natural selection and genetic drift, and can ...

Bacterial evolution and adaptation often depend on plasmids to support the transfer of genes, and are shaped by environmental factors. Our evolutionary map enables us to start exploring this on a ...

The results really surprised us. They provide an excellent explanation of an important aspect of bacterial evolution: The right genomic positioning gave the bacteria existing today an advantage ...

Point mutations are often thought of as the raw material of evolution; these small changes ... us insights into the evolutionary pressures on bacterial pathogens.

Professor Pål Johnsen, co-senior author at UiT Arctic University of Norway, added, "Bacterial evolution and adaptation often depend on plasmids to support the transfer of genes, and are shaped by ...

By using the planet-wide geological event of the Great Oxidation Event effectively as a "fossil" calibration point, our approach produced a detailed timeline of bacterial evolution. Combining ...

Bacterial predators play a crucial role ... To clarify these questions, scientists conducted a laboratory evolution experiment to select super-predators better adapted to their interactions ...

Bacterial predators play a crucial role in soil ecology ... To clarify these questions, scientists conducted a laboratory evolution experiment to select super-predators better adapted to their ...

“We’ve taken advantage of the evolution of viruses. It’s using nature versus nature,” author Vincent Fischetti head of Rockefeller University’s bacterial pathogenesis and immunology lab told ...