Science news articles about 'ancient bacteria'

Scientists have discovered ancient bacteria that rely on arsenic, rather than water, to grow during photosynthesis. Analysis indicates that this process probably dates back a few billion years...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have discovered ancient bacteria that relied on arsenic, rather than water, to grow during photosynthesis.

... but are molecules that activate the transcription factor SoxR. In Escherichia coli and other closely related bacteria, SoxR regulates the response to superoxide stress and appears to be utilized to ...

... as the power plants of the cell – are components within cells that are thought to descend from ancient bacteria. Although most cellular DNA is contained in the nucleus, mitochondria have their own DNA ...

Blind lobsters, impossible jellyfish, and ancient bacteria are among the latest discoveries from the Census of Marine Life ocean survey.

... , Yakimov's team has already identified more than ten new lineages of bacteria and archaea (these are ancient bacteria-like organisms), which they have named the Mediterranean Sea Brine Lake Divisions ...