The more we dissect T4P systems, the clearer it gets: they're not some niche thing, they're evolutionary templates. Explains way more than just motility.
nature.com/articles/s41...
So... which other bacterial system evoleved from T4P?
#BacterialEvolution #TypeIVPili #Nanomachines

Some Bacteria Have Evolved the Ability to Degrade Plastic Plastics are easy to throw out but hard to get rid of. Unlike biodegradable materials, bacteria and fungi haven’t evolved the ability to break them down, leaving plastic garbage to languish for decades,...

Some Bacteria Have Evolved the Ability to Degrade Plastic #Science #Biology #Microbiology #PlasticPollution #BacterialEvolution #Sustainability

🦠 Designed for #collegestudents, interdisciplinary researchers, and even the determined amateur, Aswin Seshasayee moves beyond technical jargon to provide a thought-provoking synthesis of #bacterialevolution and adaptation.
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🦠 Bacterial DNA swapping secrets revealed! E. coli's genetic dance shows wild recombination patterns across different strains. Evolution in action! 🧬 #Genomics #BacterialEvolution #ScienceBreakthrough https://emmecola.github.io/genomics-daily

New NIOO publication: Enhanced surface colonisation and competition during #bacterial adaptation to a #fungus, by @PaolinaGarbeva @Olaf_Tyc and others. #bacterialevolution #bacteriology #microbialecology #fungalbiology
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48812-1