A simple model projected which strains were likely to be highly transmissible, with implications for public health.

A new study has revealed the existence of bifunctional diterpene cyclases/synthases (DCSs) in bacteria, offering compelling ...

Because RPB2 is a single-copy gene of large size with a modest rate of evolutionary change, it provides good phylogenetic resolution of Ascomycota. While the RPB2 and 18S rDNA phylogenies were highly ...

A study on FUO in Guinea found diverse bacterial and viral infections, frequent misdiagnoses, and high antibiotic resistance, ...

This study presents an important discovery regarding the diversity and evolution of gall-forming microbial effectors. Supported by convincing computational structural predictions and analyses, the ...

Feb. 20, 2025 — Biologists have discovered a new type of RNA-splicing regulation that helps to determine which protein-coding exons will be included in messenger RNA ...

David Ussery and Brian Delavan discuss bioinformatics into TB surveillance, presenting a new approach to tackling this ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Researchers have found a compound in ginger, called furanodienone (FDN), that selectively binds to and regulates a nuclear receptor involved in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

Public repository of code for bioinformatics applications developed in the South Green Bioinformatics platform ...

Among the best-known examples of mutualistic symbioses is that between lower termites and the cellulolytic flagellate protists in their hindguts. Although the symbiosis in worker termites has ...

The link between gut microbiome and eating behaviours, especially palatable food intake, is a growing focus of scientific ...