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bacteria

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 21, 2020
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Cell biology, Genomics, Intelligent Design
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Bacterium alters its genome to adapt to new conditions

Denyse O'Leary
November 21, 2020
Cell biology, Genomics, Intelligent Design
Researchers: Achromatium is special in many respects: It is 30,000 times larger than its "normal" counterparts that live in water and owing to its calcite deposits it is visible to the naked eye. It has several hundred chromosomes, which are most likely not identical. This makes Achromatium the only known bacterium with several different genomes. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 4, 2020
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horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
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Could symbiosis with bacteria play a role in the widespread use of magnetic navigation in animals?

Denyse O'Leary
November 4, 2020
horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
Evolution News and Science Today describes the idea as “little more than a hunch” but one worth pursuing. It involves endosymbiosis and horizontal gene transfer. Its a start towards a reasonable explanation and way better than classic Darwinism. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 28, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
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What? An honest admission about the bacterial flagellum from Darwin-driven biology?

Denyse O'Leary
October 28, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity
Researchers: "To build the machinery that enables bacteria to swim, over 50 proteins have to be assembled according to a logic and well-defined order to form the flagellum, the cellular equivalent of an offshore engine of a boat." They ADMIT this? It sounds like a Recovery Meeting. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 3, 2020
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design, speciation
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Researchers: How two bacteria of different species become one

Denyse O'Leary
September 3, 2020
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, speciation
Researcher: “They mix their machinery to survive or do metabolism, and that’s kind of extraordinary, because we always assumed that each and every organism has its own independent identity and machinery,” said Papoutsakis. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 31, 2020
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Cell biology, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Could bacteria have survived a trip from Earth to Mars?

Denyse O'Leary
August 31, 2020
Cell biology, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Some see this as evidence that the universe is teeming with life on numberless planets. But what if we find fossil bacteria on Mars with genetics eerily similar to the ones we have on Earth? That could end up undermining such claims. But we shall see. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 6, 2020
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Animal minds, Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Bacteria are smarter than we think

Denyse O'Leary
August 6, 2020
Animal minds, Cell biology, Intelligent Design
At Wired: As they cleared paths of food, the E.coli tended to move toward unexplored, broth-rich areas, which ultimately helped them evacuate the maze. It took about 10 hours for about 1 percent of the multiple generations of bacteria to collectively solve the puzzle. That may not sound fast, but it’s five times faster than if the organisms had just been swimming around randomly, says Phan. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 16, 2020
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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At Quanta: Bacteria are now seen as very complex too

Denyse O'Leary
May 16, 2020
Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Cepelewicz: The very existence of organelles in these bacteria, coupled with intriguing parallels to the more familiar ones that characterize eukaryotes, has prompted scientists to revise how they think about the evolution of cellular complexity — all while offering new ways to probe the basic principles that underlie it. Read More ›