Endangered trees in Guam contribute to ecosystem diversity and health
Credit: University of Guam Research at the University of Guam has shown that the decomposition of leaf litter from three ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Vampire bats social distance when they get sick
Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton/Behavioral Ecology A new paper in Behavioral Ecology, published by Oxford University Press, finds that wild ...
Frozen Food Foundation presents Dr. Zoellner with Freezing Research Award
Credit: Frozen Food Foundation Arlington, Va. -The Frozen Food Foundation, in conjunction with the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), ...
A simple, cost-effective molecular assay may help manage growing spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea
A multiplex assay based on high-resolution melting technology accurately identified antimicrobial resistant determinants in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, researchers report in the ...
Discovery of pH-dependent ‘switch’ in interaction between pair of protein molecules
Credit: FENG Yingang All biological processes are in some way pH-dependent. Our human bodies, and those of other organisms, need ...
Protective shield: Membrane-attached protein protects bacteria & chloroplasts from stress
IM30 loses its complex ring structure under stress conditions and forms a protective carpet on the membrane surface / Surface ...
New tricks for old antibiotics
Researchers uncovered that a group of antibiotics confers protection against sepsis, beyond their ability to directly control the infectionCredit: ©Joana ...
This red light means ‘go’ for medical discoveries
Scientists develop a better, redder biosensor for biological researchCredit: Courtesy Ai lab With a little tweak of the color palette, ...
Immune protein orchestrates daily rhythm of squid-bacteria symbiotic relationship
Credit: Eric Koch Nearly every organism hosts a collection of symbiotic microbes--a microbiome. It is now recognized that microbiomes are ...
NYU Abu Dhabi study discovers how some single-cell organisms control microbiomes
This discovery paves the way for future research into climate change and understanding of evolution.Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, ...
Sludge-powered bacteria generate more electricity, faster
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Changing the surface chemistry of electrodes leads to the preferential growth of a novel electroactive bacterium ...
Those funky cheese smells allow microbes to ‘talk’ to and feed each other
Researchers discover that bacteria that ripen cheese respond to the volatile gases produced by cheese fungiCredit: Adam Detour MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. ...
Small RNA as a central player in infections
Credit: (Image: Chair of Molecular Infection Biology II / University of Wuerzburg / SCIGRAPHIX) More than half of the world's ...
Protein that keeps immune system from freaking out could form basis for new therapeutics
Treatment with a peptide that mimics the naturally occurring protein GIV prevents immune overreaction, supports a mechanism critical for survival ...
On the trail of novel infectious agents in wildlife
First scientific description of a previously unknown Streptococcus species of Chacoan peccariesCredit: K. Mühldorfer, IZW The species richness of zoo ...
OPH looks to CHEO/uOttawa research to help the community fight against Coronavirus
Ottawa measuring daily picture of COVID-19 activity in the community to help us determine our best collective responseCredit: uOttawa Ottawa ...
Supercharged ‘clones’ spark scarlet fever’s re-emergence
Credit: The University of Queensland A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged "clones" of the bacteria Streptococcus ...
Grant to help researchers prevent apple fire blight in U.S.
Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has ...
Lighting the path to recycling carbon dioxide
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Semiconductive photocatalysts that efficiently absorb solar energy could help reduce the energy required to drive a ...
Fly larvae extract will replace antibiotics in fighting plant pathogens
Credit: Natalia Arefieva/MIPT Press Office Biotechnologists from MIPT have developed a method for extracting the active constituents from the fat ...
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