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How innate immunity envelops bacteria

The protein GBP1 is a vital component of our body’s natural defence against pathogens. This substance fights against bacteria and…

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What turns bacteria into spirals?

Bacteria come in a wide variety of shapes, which are important for their fitness in their respective ecological niches. However,…

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Wastewater bacteria can breakdown plastic for food

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and…

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Bacteria can work as a team to spot prime numbers and vowels

Scientists have genetically engineered bacteria derived from Escherichia coli into simple computers Siarhei Yurchanka / Alamy Genetically engineered bacteria can…

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Bacteria involved in gum disease linked to increased risk of head and neck cancer

More than a dozen bacterial species among the hundreds that live in people’s mouths have been linked to a collective…

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Bacteria on the space station are evolving for life in space

The International Space Station has its own distinctive microbiome Dima Zel/Shutterstock Bacteria on board the International Space Station (ISS) have…

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Some healthy fish have bacteria in their brains

Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do you…

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Bacteria work together to thrive in difficult conditions

Though a founding concept of ecology suggests that the physical environment determines where organisms can survive, modern scientists have suspected…

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‘Ice bucket challenge’ reveals that bacteria can anticipate the seasons

Bacteria use their internal 24-hour clocks to anticipate the arrival of new seasons, according to research carried out with the…

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Even simple bacteria can anticipate the changing seasons

A scanning electron micrograph of Synechococcus cyanobacteria EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Despite being among the simplest forms of life…

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