“We’ve learnt a lot about a small number of species,” Jensen says. But “for a lot of bacteria, there’s nothing for a language model, for an AI to read”. The microbes important for huma ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Bacteria can detect environmental threats by sensing peptidoglycan fragments from dying cells, prompting them to form protective biofilms. This response involves ...

The researchers were able to grow organoids using Invasin, a protein produced by bacteria. This study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on 30 December, shows that ...