The bacteria that’s as smart as a whip

2015-03-30T09:27:46+01:0030 March 2015|

30.03.15 In the rest of the world, Salmonella Typhi has only one type of flagellin, the whip-like structure that helps it to move. Indonesian strains have at least three different types. Fernanda Schreiber asks why

SMRTer sequencing

2015-03-02T09:30:26+00:002 March 2015|

02.03.15 We’re beginning to understand how bacterial DNA adapts and evolves. John Lees explains the long and short of the technology that’s made it possible