Search Results for: Microbial Evolution

Bacteria have been the dominant forms of life on Earth for the past 3.5 billion years. They rapidly evolve, constantly changing their genetic architecture throu

One of the most profound paradigms that have transformed our understanding about life over the last decades was the acknowledgement that microorganisms play a c

Dr. Joshua Lederberg - scientist, Nobel laureate, visionary thinker, and friend of the Forum on Microbial Threats - died on February 2, 2008. It was in his hono

The authors seek to provide insight into the evolution and adaptation of bacteria as a means of understanding subdisciplines such as genetics, taxonomy, and phy

The extent of lateral gene transfer among diverse microbes has effectively broken down the concept of species when we seek to apply it to the microbial world. T