Researchers uncover a potent genetic element in Earth’s smallest life forms
bacteria
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UCSB researchers demonstrate how gram-negative bacteria deliver toxins to kill neighboring bacteria
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New work by Andrea Jani and Cherie Briggs addresses a fundamental gap in disease ecology and microbiome research
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A new study examines the role certain proteins, called rearrangement hotspots (Rhs), play in intercellular competition in bacteria. These proteins help establish communications between neurons in the brain when the visual system is developing....
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What if bacteria could talk to each other? What if they had a sense of touch? A new study by researchers at UC Santa Barbara suggests both, and theorizes that such cells may, in fact, need to communicate in order to perform certain functions.
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In nature, it's a dog-eat-dog world, even in the realm of bacteria. Competing bacteria use "toxic darts" to disable each other, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara biologists. Their research is published in the journal Nature.
