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NewsSwedish freshwater bacteria give new insights into bacterial evolution
Researchers analyzing the DNA of all known Caulobacterales species, including newly collected samples from Swedish and Finnish forest lakes, discovered that several freshwater species lacked more than a hundred genes typically linked to the group’s complex lifecycle.
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NewsNew molecular movie reveals how antibiotic resistance to fusidic acid works
Researchers revealed how FusB, a resistance protein found in clinically resistant strains of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, can rescue ribosomes from the antibiotic fusidic acid. FusB works like a molecular crowbar to free the blocked ribosome.
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NewsMethod for singling out HIV virus’s most dangerous parts could lead to new drugs
A new technique could make it possible to identify the most dangerous parts of the HIV virus, so they can be singled out for attack.