Tucker Professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Bacterial and other microbes are thought to ...

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

including in their modes of growth and reproduction. Unlike humans and other animals, single-celled organisms, such as bacteria and some fungi, can undergo a process called binary fission to ...

A study by Georgia Tech researchers finds that bacteria maintain species cohesion through homologous recombination, a form of ...

Bacteria reproduce by cloning themselves through binary fission - a kind of asexual reproduction. In the right conditions, they can reproduce very quickly. Some species can replicate themselves in ...