Finding it and Perfuming the Mind
Microbes Effect on the Brain Excerpt: In flies with a particular microbe, they only want to mate with others who have that microbe. This occurs […]
Microbes
RNA-mediated “repurposing” is nutrient-dependent and pheromone-controlled
Evolutionary resurrection of flagellar motility via rewiring of the nitrogen regulation system Excerpt: The fast-spreading strain AR2F had acquired an additional point mutation in the […]
Converting sunlight to fuel: O2 and CO2 Reactions
Efficient solar-to-fuels production from a hybrid microbial–water-splitting catalyst system Abstract excerpt: “…we report the development of a scalable, integrated bioelectrochemical system in which the bacterium […]
How fast can evolutionary theory be changed?
Boston, land of…creationists? Excerpt: “For example, right now a creationist with a Harvard science degree is lecturing in Boston on Evolution: Bankrupt Science; Creationism: Science […]
Are viruses microRNAs?
Evolution of Intelligent Viruses and Jumping Genes Conclusion: “…it is intelligent warfare between mobile genetic elements and the epigenetic responses of the cell that, most […]
Beneficial microbes kill beneficial mutations
Microbiology: Here’s looking at you, squid Margaret McFall-Ngai has dissected the relationship between a beautiful squid and its live-in bacteria — and found lessons for […]
A single amino acid substitution differentiates cell types of E. coli
Rare amino acid influences E. coli infection Excerpt: “They found that E. coli O157 is unable to attach itself to host tissue in high concentrations […]
Eliminating correlations from evolutionary ecology
De novo creation of olfactory receptor genes clearly links food odors via amino acid substitutions to cell type differentiation in mosquitoes, and in nematodes, flies, […]
Sexual differentiation of cell types in plants
Antheridiogen determines sex in ferns via a spatiotemporally split gibberellin synthesis pathway Excerpt: “Homosporous ferns have evolved a mechanism to favor cross-fertilization by controlling the […]
Biologically functional protein folding
Misfolded proteins clump together in a surprising place Excerpt 1): “Our findings have challenged the notion of the aggregation process as a passive consequence of […]