A Université de Montréal study has found a previously unknown mechanism in bacterial reproduction that could be attacked by ...

Female Trichogramma pretiosum wasp, which are often infected with parthenogenesis-inducing Wolbachia, walking on top of Ephestia eggs and parasitizing them. Credit: Laura C. Fricke, University of ...

Researchers have discovered that virus-like nanoparticles can promote the multicellular organization and reproduction of host bacteria. These particles, which are evolutionarily related to phages ...

An insect ecology professor at the University of Kentucky explored her research on how bacteria affects spider reproduction during a March 20 lecture. The researcher, Jen White, presented her findings ...

Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have imaged a heritable form of bacterial symbiosis inside the reproductive system of tiny crustaceans known as ostracods. Subscribe to our ...

New research shows bacteria form distinct species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange via homologous recombination. When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many microbes -- like plants ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution) Further analysis of PifA and PifB revealed that they exhibit many of the characteristics of eukaryotic host-associated ...