When bacteria replicate their genetic material in preparation for cell division, the process starts at a specific point on ...

It was quite a victory, then, when English physician Edward Jenner developed an inoculation against smallpox ... some kind of pathogen—a virus or bacteria or some other agent that causes disease.

An inoculating loop can be used to transfer bacteria. It is sterilised by heating it to red hot in a Bunsen flame, before and after use. To inoculate the agar, lift the lid of the Petri dish and tilt.

Brazil is the world's largest producer of soybeans and one of the reasons is the incorporation of bio-inputs, microorganisms ...

The nodulation process illustrates an orchestrated interaction between the bacteria and host plant (Napoli & Hubbell 1975, Kamst et al. van Rhyn & Vanderleyden 1995, Cheng & Walker 1998).