Scientists unveil new system for naming majority of the world's microorganisms
What's in a name? For microorganisms, apparently a lot.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2022
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News tagged with prokaryotes
Scientists discover new antiviral defense system in bacteria
Bacteria use a variety of defense strategies to fight off viral infection, and some of these systems have led to groundbreaking technologies, such as CRISPR-based gene-editing. Scientists predict there are many more antiviral ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 11, 2022
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New research on the emergence of the first complex cells challenges orthodoxy
In the beginning, there was boredom. Following the emergence of cellular life on earth, some 3.5 billion years ago, simple cells lacking a nucleus and other detailed internal structure dominated the planet. Matters would ...
Evolution
Aug 5, 2022
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Scientists discover potential key missing link protein bridging eukaryotes and prokaryotes
All modern organisms fall into two classes, eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Eukaryotes (from the Greek meaning "true kernel") have a cell nucleus that harbors most of the cell's genetic information and includes organisms such ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2022
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Bacteria may contribute more to climate change as planet heats up
As bacteria adapt to hotter temperatures, they speed up their respiration rate and release more carbon, potentially accelerating climate change.
Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2019
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Scientists find an underground bacterium that could live on Mars
Tomsk State University microbiologists were the first in the world to isolate Desulforudis audaxviator from deep underground waters. Translated from Latin, its name means "a brave traveler". Scientists from different countries ...
Evolution
Apr 23, 2019
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A new protein structure that helps viruses with lipid membranes enter cells discovered
Many viruses, including that perennial winter affliction, the influenza virus, are protected by a lipid membrane on loan from the host cell. The fusion proteins on the surface of the membrane are tasked with merging the lipid ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 5, 2019
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Key differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic RNA silencing Argonaute enzyme unveiled
The Argonaute (Ago) enzyme complex plays a critical role in DNA and RNA target cleavage for a process known as RNA silencing in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, making them a target for future gene-editing technology. The ...
Biotechnology
Feb 26, 2019
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Novel carbon source sustains deep-sea microorganism communities
The first in-depth analyses of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) cycling in the Red Sea highlights the important role of migrating shoals of fish in sustaining deep-ocean microorganisms and potentially the global carbon cycle.
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2018
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Misfolded proteins serve as 'inherited memory' of toxic insults
Protein aggregates have a bad reputation in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but in bacteria, inheritance of aggregates by daughter cells may help protect against the same toxic stresses that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 28, 2018
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