Gene transfer agents (GTAs) are unique, phage‐like particles produced by various Alphaproteobacteria that mediate the horizontal transfer of genetic material. Unlike conventional bacteriophages, GTAs ...

A collaboration between researchers in Santa Cruz and Puebla, Mexico, is working to eliminate the bacterial genes driving ...

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are investigating Lateral Gene Transfer (LGT) in plants, which allows them to ...

Bacteria evolve rapidly in the human gut by sharing genetic elements with each other. Bacteriodales is a prolific order of ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...

Scientists explore how plants can rapidly adapt to climate change through natural genetic engineering, revolutionising crop ...

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are investigating how plants use "natural genetic engineering" to borrow genes ...

John Gurdon, considered the godfather of cloning and who shared the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine in 2012, has died ...

Bacteria evolve rapidly in the human gut by sharing genetic elements with each other. Bacteriodales is a prolific order of gut bacteria that trade hundreds of genetic elements. Little is known, ...