A plasmid is a small, circular, double-stranded DNA molecule that is distinct from a cell's chromosomal DNA. Plasmids naturally exist in bacterial cells, and they also occur in some eukaryotes.

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for ...

A new study from the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on how bacterial motion influences ...

Israeli researchers revealed on Tuesday that the way bacteria move plays a direct role in the spread of antibiotic resistance ...

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for certain antibiotic-resistant infections, such as urinary tract infections.

into dangerous bacteria such as Shigella dysenteriae, in a blink. The word “episome” would later be replaced by a synonym, “plasmid.” Scientists now recognize plasmids as a major mechanism ...

Certain antibiotic-resistant infections could be treated with precision medicine in the future, thanks to a new resource mapping plasmids the ultimate vehicle of rapid bacterial evolution.

Despite these advancements, the process is often hindered by the numerous centrifugation steps required to pellet bacterial cells and isolate plasmid DNA. These steps slow down the process of ...

coli donor bacteria, which then transferred their genetic ... can be used to measure differences in host ranges between DNA plasmid types. With tens of thousands of different DNA plasmids found ...

MRSA can be converted into methicillin-sensitive bacteria. To induce exosome production in vivo, the authors demonstrated that by intravenous injection of a plasmid encoding all relevant genes for ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that bacterial movement plays a central role in the transfer of ...