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We see thanks to a bacterial gene

500 million years ago a bacterial gene was transferred to the common ancestor of vertebrates. And that gene allowed us to develop our peculiar visual sense. He tells us

We launch YouTube channel

  We have created a YouTube channel to disseminate our activities and disseminate the science of Microbiology. Coinciding with the symposium tribute to Pepe Casadesús we publish the video of

How do we share bacteria with each other?

Ignacio López-Goñi summarizes in The Conversation the recent study on how we exchange intestinal bacteria between us

Muy Interesante magazine publishes a special dedicated to bacteria

  Muy Interesante magazine has published a special collector's edition issue dedicated to bacteria. Our partners Silvana Teresa Tapia Paniagua, Ignacio López-Goñi, Manuel Sánchez Angulo, Raúl Rivas, Víctor

The impact of Louis Pasteur's work in Spain

In commemoration of the birth of Louis Pasteur, our colleague José A. Gil has published an interesting article in the AmbioCiencias magazine on the impact of Pasteur's work on

The cytoskeleton of the Asgardian archaea

In the Microbichitos blog, our partner Manuel Sánchez comments on the recent article by the research group led by Martin Pilhofer and Christa Schleper on lokiactins, components of the cytoskeleton of

Fossils in bacteria are alive... and some control their proliferation.

In the Microbichitos blog, Miguel Vicente and Jesús Mingorace comment on the latest findings on the conservation of the genes involved in cell division and the synthesis of

The relationship between depression and gut bacteria

Our colleague Ignacio López-Goñi has published this article on the relationship between depression and intestinal bacteria in The Conversation

What are fecal transplants and what are they for?

Our colleague Raul Rivas has published this interesting article in The Conversation. What are fecal transplants and what are they for?

From stool transplants to microbiota replacement therapy

Our colleague Manuel Sánchez has published in The Conversation the interesting article: A new therapy is born: this is how the first biopharmaceuticals made from healthy feces are