Monash scientists expose fascinating ‘compartments’ in bacteria
Credit: (c) iStock images A review paper by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI), published in the high-impact journal Nature Reviews ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Peering into the secrets of phages to see how they kill bacterial superbugs
Credit: F. Coulibaly & J.M. Hardy A research collaboration involving Monash University has made an exciting discovery that may eventually ...
Microbiologists clarify relationship between microbial diversity and soil carbon storage
UMass Amherst study finds more diverse soils did perform better, but drought stress is a limiting factorCredit: UMass Amherst/Luiz A. ...
Medieval medicine remedy could provide new treatment for modern day infections
Credit: University of Warwick Antibiotic resistance is an increasing battle for scientists to overcome, as more antimicrobials are urgently needed ...
Stopping listeria reproduction ‘in its tracks’
University of Houston researchers discover CoO-TiO2 compound to mitigate bacterial contaminationCredit: University of Houston Listeria contaminations can send food processing ...
New study explains ‘miracle’ of how the Warsaw Ghetto beat Typhus
New modelling of Typhus infections in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII reveals how public health interventions eradicated the disease.Credit: Property ...
New cell profiling method could speed TB drug discovery
Technology combines rapid imaging and machine learning to uncover patterns in how antibacterials kill; can be applied to many pathogensCredit: ...
How does cooperation evolve?
Researchers unravel why organisms frequently help each otherCredit: Department of Ecology at the Osnabrueck University OSNABRUECK / JENA.- In nature, ...
Shrinking (ultra)violet
NIST researchers describe unique system for testing how well narrow wavebands of UV light kill germsCredit: T. Larason/NIST While awaiting ...
Comprehensive description of the human tissue virome in healthy individuals
'Hidden' associations between the human virome and human health and diseaseCredit: ©Kei Sato Human-resident microbes can influence both health and ...
How viruses and bacteria balance each other in the gut microbiome
A tiny arms race playing out inside the gut could eventually offer a new way to treat out-of-balance microbiomesCredit: Stephanie ...
Research underscores importance of global surveillance of plant pathogens
Credit: Mary Ortiz-Castro, Terra Hartman, Teresa Coutinho, Jillian M. Lang, Kevin Korus, Jan E. Leach, Tamra Jackson-Ziems, and Kirk Broders ...
UBCO researchers create liquid-repelling substance that works on all surfaces
New coating can eliminate complex disinfectant procedures for protective face shieldsCredit: UBCO Acting like an invisible force field, a new ...
Lesion of doom — how a parasitic bacterium induces blood vessel formation to cause lesions
Scientists gain insights into how pathogenic bacteria of the genus Bartonella give rise to lesions in the human body, opening ...
Bed bugs modify microbiome of homes they infest
Credit: Benoit Guenard Homes infested by bed bugs appear to have different bacterial communities - often referred to as microbiomes ...
Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty glassware
Finding ends a century-long search for microbes that live on manganeseCredit: Hang Yu/Caltech Caltech microbiologists have discovered bacteria that feed ...
Uncovering the architecture of natural photosynthetic machinery
Credit: Zhao, L., Huokko, T., Wilson, S. et al. Biological membranes play important roles in shaping the cell, sensing the ...
Bird droppings carry risk of antibiotic resistance
Rice engineers show feces from gulls, ducks and crows harbor abundant resistant bacteria, resistance genesCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (July ...
Viral dark matter exposed: Metagenome database detects phage-derived antibacterial enzyme
Scientists demonstrate that the information about host bacteria-bacteriophage (phage) associations derived from world`s first metagenome analysis is useful for the ...
Salmonella biofilm protein causes autoimmune responses — Possible link with Alzheimer’s
Credit: Debra Marshall/VIDO-InterVac Scientists from the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...
