The study's implications stretch from evolutionary biology to potential applications in medicine, agriculture and ...

The black devil fish is described as "a true predator of the depths" that uses "symbiotic bioluminescent bacteria as bait to lure its prey, in the same way as in the popular movie Finding Nemo." ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

For example, pectinases are enzymes that break down pectins – indigestible dietary fibers for humans, but metabolized by many bacteria. Approximately half of the species of leaf beetles live in close ...

Tissue engineering utilizes 3D printing and bioink to grow human cells on scaffolds, creating replacements for damaged ...

These symbiotic relationships provide clues as to how genetic material was exchanged between bacteria and beetles. Key findings highlight the role of horizontal gene transfer, the incorporation of ...

Give a bacteria-fungi biofilm access to sweetened tea and you can make not only kombucha – but a fibre vital to making ...

Approximately half of the species of leaf beetles live in close association with symbiotic bacteria. These symbionts provide the beetles with important digestive enzymes to help them break down ...

With more than 50,000 described species, the leaf beetle family is distributed worldwide and represents about a quarter of the species diversity of all herbivores. Leaf beetles can be found to feed on ...

Symbiosis: A close and often long-term interaction ... Cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP): A signaling molecule in bacteria that regulates various cellular processes, including motility and biofilm ...