This movie depicts the basic process of antibiotic resistance spreading through plasmid conjugation, otherwise known as horizontal gene transfer. Two strains of bacteria are grown together for four ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The drug-resistance plasmid, NR1, is a 37-μ m circular DNA molecule that contains two components: the resistance transfer factor (29 μ m) ...

Researchers led by Imperial College London have uncovered new insights into how bacteria hook up to exchange DNA that helps them resist antibiotics. Understanding the molecular basis of bacterial ...

The ever-diverse fungi play several key roles in our day–to–day life. From facilitating ecological nutrient cycling, to being used in industrial manufacturing and being a key ingredient in our food, ...

To adapt to changing environmental pressures, bacteria have developed various methods that allow them to uptake exogenous DNA and incorporate it into their own genomes. One of these processes is ...

Genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can spread from microbe to microbe through circular genetic material called plasmids, and this lateral transfer occurs in the gut. This week in ...

Branched polyethylenimine (PEI) chains with an average molecular mass of 2 kDa (PEI2) have been covalently attached to gold nanoparticles (GNPs), and the potency of the resulting PEI2-GNPs conjugates ...

Bacteria in our intestines engage in genetic exchanges, called bacterial conjugation, and sometimes this gene swapping promotes antibiotic resistance. Could zinc, a well-known supplement, help curb ...