Scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip:Image: National Institutes of Health (part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services)/Public domain.Natural GMOs can be really really bad and fundamentally unsafe, because…
Read More Natural GMOs Part 83: Natural biology comes with no guarantee of safety
Gene 'Relocation' Key to Most Evolutionary Change in BacteriaScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2011) — In a new study, scientists at the University of Maryland and the Institut Pasteur show that bacteria evolve new abilities, such as antibiotic resistance, predominantly by acquiring…
GMOs are often defined as events that cannot occur in nature.GMO Pundit's series on natural GMOs has provided many examples of movement of DNA between different species, indeed different biological kingdoms that are found in the natural world. Click on…
It has long been known to the common bacterium called Agrobacterium can inject DNA into plant cells. It naturally causes shape alterations called galls on plants that are infected with this bacterium as a result of its ability to inject…
Read More Natural GMOs Part 80. Bacteria mate with fungi on plant surfaces.
Genetic escape podsMicrobes share and preserve their genetic material by releasing bodies that resemble viruses into the environment[Published 1st October 2010 02:49 PM GMT at The Scientist]Packaging random snippets of DNA into virus-like capsules known as gene transfer agents, or…
"The reservoir is in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and is due to factors that are not controllable — overuse of antibiotics, poor hygiene, and diarrhea in an overcrowded overpopulated country."From Medscape Medical NewsNDM-1 Gene Spreading to Multiple Bacteria Species, Making…
Photo: James Butubu of the Cacao and Coconut Research Institute in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, evaluates the new progeny of a cacao tree. Cacao fruit grows from the tree's branches. (Credit: Photo by Ray Schnell, USDA-ARS)EurekAlert 16 Sep 2010Analysis of…
Read More Natural GMOs Part 77. Chocolate tree genome only 20 percent transposons
Dangerous Bacterium Hosts Genetic Remnant Of Life's Distant Past14 Aug 2010 Within a dangerous stomach bacterium, Yale University researchers have discovered an ancient but functioning genetic remnant from a time before DNA existed, they report in the August 13 issue…
Read More Natural GMOs Part 76. Life before DNA leaves traces today.
Genes from Ebola Virus Family Found in Human Genome: Scientific AmericanGenes from Ebola Virus Family Found in Human GenomeA rush of new research has found evidence that some RNA viruses made their way into vertebrate genomes millions of years agoBy…
