Strange bacteria hint at ancient origin of photosynthesis
Structures inside rare bacteria are similar to those that power photosynthesis in plants today, suggesting the process is older than ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Bacteria enhance coral resilience to climate change effects
Credit: Anna Roik Coral reefs are delicate ecosystems that are particularly sensitive to human influences such as climate change and ...
Antibiotics can inhibit skin lymphoma
New research from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center at the University of Copenhagen shows, surprisingly, that antibiotics inhibit ...
3D printed pill samples gut microbiome to aid diagnosis and treatment
The pill is the first known working device capable of non-invasively and accurately assessing the profile of bacterial species inhabiting ...
Is deadly Candida auris a product of global warming?
Higher global temperatures may have adapted this mysterious, disease-causing fungus for growth in warm-blooded mammals A drug-resistant fungus species called ...
Surprising insight into Legionnaires’ disease
Frankfurt researchers have explained the mechanism of regulator SidJ in detail -- accelerated publication in NatureCredit: EMBL Grenoble In order ...
An apple carries about 100 million bacteria — good luck washing them off
Most microbes are inside the apple -- but the strains depend on which bits you eat, and whether you go ...
E. coli superbug strains can persist in healthy women’s guts
Even without symptoms or antibiotic use, these virulent and multi-drug resistant strains are carried in the gut for long timeCredit: ...
Learning to look
Machine learning approach significantly expands inovirus diversityCredit: Simon Roux To answer the question, "Where's Waldo?" readers need to look for ...
Allergy, asthma risk are increased by microbial compound found in infant gut
Research 'paves the way' for early interventions to prevent childhood inflammatory diseases A study of newborn infants has identified a ...
Toxin responsible for Legionella growth identified
Credit: EMBL Pneumonia resulting from exposure to Legionella - although uncommon and affecting only 1 in 100,000 in Europe - ...
Gut microbes may affect the course of ALS
Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patientsCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Researchers at the ...
First impressions go a long way in the immune system
An algorithm that predicts the immune response to a pathogen could lead to early diagnosis for such diseases as tuberculosisCredit: ...
Researchers deploy a novel mobile lab for rapid, real-time pathogen testing in the field
Credit: University of Minnesota University of Minnesota researchers have refined testing methods for tick-borne diseases in the field by using ...
The physiology of survival
For bacteria, the neighbors co-determine which cell dies firstCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Bacteria do not simply perish in hunger ...
‘Semi-synthetic’ bacteria churn out unnatural proteins
Credit: Adapted from Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02075 Synthetic biologists seek to create new life with ...
Antibiotics at the limit? Bacteria defending themselves against reserve drugs
The mechanisms of action of antimicrobial resistant pathogens is the main focus of the new issue of the BfR science ...
Gut microbes protect against neurologic damage from viral infections
Disruptions in the gut microbiome caused by antibiotics, diet or environmental factors may make the central nervous system more vulnerable ...
Dietary quality influences microbiome composition in human colonic mucosa
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine It is well established that diet influences health and disease, but the mechanisms underlying this ...
C. difficile resists hospital disinfectant, persists on hospital gowns, stainless steel
Washington, DC - July 12, 2019 - Surgical gowns and stainless steel remained contaminated with the pathogen Clostridium difficile even ...
