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 -
New work by Andrea Jani and Cherie Briggs addresses a fundamental gap in disease ecology and microbiome research -
A new study examines the role certain proteins, called rearrangement hotspots (Rhs), play in intercellular competition in bacteria. -
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.
