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Microbial Genetics
Microbial Genetics: is a subject area within microbiology and genetic engineering. Microbial genetics studies microorganisms for different purposes. The microorganisms that are observed are bacteria, and archaea. Some fungi and protozoa are also subjects used to study in this field.
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AUG 29, 2023Microbiology
For many years, antibiotics have been prescribed and used widely, and at times, unnecessarily. It's been thought that th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2023Microbiology
Labroots is excited to announce that registration is open for the 9th Annual Event in the Microbiology Virtual Event Ser ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 04, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacterial cells can easily share genes with one another, and have a few ways to do so. Viruses called bacteriophages inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2023Microbiology
The gut microbiome is home to trillions of microorganisms, which have been shown to have a dramatic impact on many aspec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2023Microbiology
An image of the revived nematode, by Alexei V. Tchesunov and Anastasia Shatilovich of the Institute of Physicochemical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2023Microbiology
The bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi causes a disease called Scrub typhus or bush typhus, and it spreads to people throu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
We still don't know a lot about how bacteria and viruses relate to one another in built environments such as buildings a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2023Microbiology
A few years ago, scientists discovered that a species of bacteria called Geobacter carried an appendage that could condu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 02, 2023Microbiology
The microbe Akkermansia muciniphila is found in many animals and is a common part of the human gut microbiome, and might ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2023Microbiology
For decades, scientists have searched for the causes of autism spectrum disorder. While genetic influences seem to play ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in much of the world. It was the primary cause of death from an infectious ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2023Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2023Microbiology
Infection is a constant risk. Any germs that make it past the body's barriers, like the skin, can cause illness if t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2023Microbiology
Sargassum is a brown macroalgae that is abundant in the ocean. It has many appendages and 'berries' that are ful ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2023Microbiology
Humans and other primates carry complex communities of microbes in our guts, and while we know how important these micro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2023Microbiology
There are many bacteria in the world that are, or have the potential to be beneficial to humans. Microbes have found ing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2023Microbiology
The Tara Oceans project has been aiming to reveal more about the vast world of marine microbes, which we now know little ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2023Microbiology
Bacteria can easily exchange genetic information in a process called horizontal gene transfer. But now researchers have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2023Immunology
Bacteria can live in a lot of unusual places, even in tumors in the human body. Scientists have now taken advantage of t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2023Microbiology
When the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged, it quickly supplanted all other variant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2023Infographics
Microorganisms have colonized nearly every part of the world, including the human body.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Genomes are constantly changing. Bacterial cells can easily share genes, and even cells in human can incorporate new DNA ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2023
Microbiology
For many years, antibiotics have been prescribed and used widely, and at times, unnecessarily. It's been thought that th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2023
Microbiology
Labroots is excited to announce that registration is open for the 9th Annual Event in the Microbiology Virtual Event Ser
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 04, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacterial cells can easily share genes with one another, and have a few ways to do so. Viruses called bacteriophages inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2023
Microbiology
The gut microbiome is home to trillions of microorganisms, which have been shown to have a dramatic impact on many aspec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2023
Microbiology
An image of the revived nematode, by Alexei V. Tchesunov and Anastasia Shatilovich of the Institute of Physicochemical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2023
Microbiology
The bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi causes a disease called Scrub typhus or bush typhus, and it spreads to people throu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
We still don't know a lot about how bacteria and viruses relate to one another in built environments such as buildings a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2023
Microbiology
A few years ago, scientists discovered that a species of bacteria called Geobacter carried an appendage that could condu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2023
Microbiology
The microbe Akkermansia muciniphila is found in many animals and is a common part of the human gut microbiome, and might
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2023
Microbiology
For decades, scientists have searched for the causes of autism spectrum disorder. While genetic influences seem to play
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in much of the world. It was the primary cause of death from an infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2023
Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2023
Microbiology
Infection is a constant risk. Any germs that make it past the body's barriers, like the skin, can cause illness if t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2023
Microbiology
Sargassum is a brown macroalgae that is abundant in the ocean. It has many appendages and 'berries' that are ful
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2023
Microbiology
Humans and other primates carry complex communities of microbes in our guts, and while we know how important these micro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2023
Microbiology
There are many bacteria in the world that are, or have the potential to be beneficial to humans. Microbes have found ing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2023
Microbiology
The Tara Oceans project has been aiming to reveal more about the vast world of marine microbes, which we now know little
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2023
Microbiology
Bacteria can easily exchange genetic information in a process called horizontal gene transfer. But now researchers have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2023
Immunology
Bacteria can live in a lot of unusual places, even in tumors in the human body. Scientists have now taken advantage of t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Microbiology
When the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged, it quickly supplanted all other variant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Infographics
Microorganisms have colonized nearly every part of the world, including the human body.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genomes are constantly changing. Bacterial cells can easily share genes, and even cells in human can incorporate new DNA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch