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bacteria

DNA replication

Life

Microbe somehow survives without key proteins for replicating its DNA

A microbe called Carpediemonas membranifera lacks a key set of proteins thought essential for copying DNA, and therefore for reproduction

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Dr Wu Lien-teh

Health

Dr Wu Lien-teh: Face mask pioneer who helped defeat a plague epidemic

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Tuberculosis

Definition

Tuberculosis

We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA

Life

We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA

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CRISPR gene editing used to store data in DNA inside living cells

Technology

CRISPR gene editing used to store data in DNA inside living cells

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Cats cost Australia A$6 billion a year by spreading diseases

Health

Cats cost Australia A$6 billion a year by spreading diseases

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fat cells

Health

Fat stores in our cells also hold immune proteins to fight infections

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Deinococcus radiodurans

Life

Radiation-resistant bacteria could survive journey from Earth to Mars

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Anti-CRISPR concept

Definition

Anti-CRISPR

Bacteria dug up from beneath the seabed may be 100 million years old

Life

Bacteria dug up from beneath the seabed may be 100 million years old

Beneath the Pacific Ocean there are communities of bacteria that have survived since the reign of the dinosaurs – and some individual cells may have been alive for over 100 million years

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Health

Our shower drains are a breeding ground for drug-resistant bacteria

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Health

First map of tumour microbiomes finds bacteria live in many cancers

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Video

Microorganisms: the future of food, fuel and medicine

Video

Health

The bacteria in a mother’s gut may protect babies from food allergies

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