Planctomycetes challenge our concept of the bacterial cell and of a prokaryote as a ... cell structure differs from that of all other known prokaryotes. We are not sure yet whether the cell ...

Prokaryotes, which include bacteria and single-celled microorganisms called Archaea, usually pass their chromosomal DNA on to their offspring asexually. In other words, a bacterial cell reproduces ...

Bacteria are amongst the simplest of organisms – they are made of single cells. Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi.

The CRISPR technology commonly used for genome editing was originally based on bacterial defense mechanisms that ... recognize common pathogens and activate white blood cells to fight them off. The ...

“This should have a major effect on textbook treatment of these subjects.” Since the late 1980s, all life forms have been split into three groups on the phylogenetic tree of life: bacteria, archaea, ...

eukaryotic cells is essential for drug development. Many antibiotics target specific differences in prokaryotic proteins, ...

A study focusing on analyzing cell models found universality in their movement—an important discovery that could impact both ...

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the movement of genetic material from one organism to another. In this article, we will ...