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Microbe somehow survives without key proteins for replicating its DNA
A microbe called Carpediemonas membranifera lacks a key set of proteins thought essential for copying DNA, and therefore for reproduction
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Dr Wu Lien-teh: Face mask pioneer who helped defeat a plague epidemic
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We can see evidence of the ancient Snowball Earth in bacterial DNA
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CRISPR gene editing used to store data in DNA inside living cells
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Cats cost Australia A$6 billion a year by spreading diseases
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Fat stores in our cells also hold immune proteins to fight infections
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Life
Radiation-resistant bacteria could survive journey from Earth to Mars
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Anti-CRISPR
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Bacteria dug up from beneath the seabed may be 100 million years old
Beneath the Pacific Ocean there are communities of bacteria that have survived since the reign of the dinosaurs – and some individual cells may have been alive for over 100 million years
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Our shower drains are a breeding ground for drug-resistant bacteria
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First map of tumour microbiomes finds bacteria live in many cancers
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Microorganisms: the future of food, fuel and medicine
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The bacteria in a mother’s gut may protect babies from food allergies
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