The secret 'sex lives' of bacteria: Study challenges old ideas about how species form
When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many bacteria—like plants and animals—are organized into species, he upended a ...
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Scientists Discover Bacteria Trapped in Endless Evolutionary Time Loop
Lake Mendota in Wisconsin is transformed by the changing seasons – covered by ice in winter, and by algae in summer – and a ...
E. coli bacteria found in sample from El Paso Water well
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso Water officials said one of their water wells tested positive for E. Coli on Wednesday ...
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Some bacteria evolve like clockwork with the seasons
For each water sample, they assembled a metagenome, all of the genetic sequences from fragments of DNA left behind by bacteria and other organisms. This resulted in the longest metagenome time ...
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Scientists Reveal Diet That Fights Off Life-Threatening Infections
A study by scientists at the U.K.'s University of Cambridge recently found that 135 species of gut bacteria were linked to the absence of Enterobacteriaceae, a group of bacteria that can cause ...
In the Northeast, 50% of adult ticks carry Lyme disease carrying bacteria
Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer ...