A social bacterium with versatile habits
Credit: ETH Zurich/Gregory J. Velicer Many living systems share a fundamental capacity for cooperation. Plants and animals are made up ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Pathogenic, drug-resistant bacteria found in wastewater treatment plants
Credit: Theo Gouliouris March 21, 2019 - Infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria are a global public health threat causing serious ...
Study shows first evidence bacterial-induced apoptosis in algae
University of Alberta microbiologists demonstrate apoptosis via bacterial pathogens in single-celled algae.Credit: Anna Bramucci, University of Alberta A new study ...
Bacteria bide their time when antibiotics attack
Rice University study suggests strategies for better dosage to fight infectionsCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HOUSTON - ...
Medicine and personal care products may lead to new pollutants in waterways
Rutgers study shows how bacteria in wastewater plants transform widely used chemicalsCredit: Abigail W. Porter/Rutgers University-New Brunswick When you flush ...
New mobile element found in mosquito parasite has potential for disease control
Credit: Dennis Kunkel, Sarah Bordenstein and Robert Brucker WOODS HOLE, Mass. — Controlling mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Dengue or West ...
Gut instinct: Bile acid-triggered bacterial adaptation characterized
Researchers at Osaka University and international colleagues show how a system triggered by the recognition of bile acids enables bacteria ...
Human microbiome metabolites tip the scale in intestinal E. coli infections
Human Organ Chips uncover human microbiome metabolites that enhance colon injury by enterohemorrhagic E. coli in human-mouse comparative studyCredit: Wyss ...
Better water testing, safer produce
Credit: Natalie Brassill, University of Arizona. March 20, 2019 - Salads were recently in the news--and off America's dinner tables--when ...
Starving bacteria can eject their tails to save energy and stay alive
Credit: Morgan Beeby When nutrients are dangerously low, a group of bacteria have been found to take the drastic measure ...
Ejecting flagella could help microbes save energy during nutrient depletion
Credit: Morgan Beeby, m.beeby@imperial.ac.uk In favorable conditions, many bacteria propel themselves to food sources and other sites of interest using ...
Study finds natural selection favors cheaters
UC Riverside research focused on interaction between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their hostsCredit: Sachs lab, UC Riverside Mutualisms, which are interactions ...
Discovery of a crucial immune reaction when solid food is introduced that prevents inflammatory disorders
Microbes colonize all body surfaces and help to balance the immune system. In newborn infants, gut microbiota is first conditioned ...
Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human pathogens
Credit: Matthew Jones, Washington State University Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats ...
Superbugs have colonized the International Space Station — but there’s a silver lining
An antimicrobial coating made of precious metals reduced growth of bacteria on contamination-prone surfaces inside the ISS, where extreme conditions ...
Excessive phosphate fertilizer use can reduce microbial functions critical to crop health
Credit: ©The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, MN (March 2019)--Phosphorus is crucial for plant growth--with it, plants can acquire, transfer, ...
Children’s noses hold clues to serious lung infections, study shows
Tiny organisms in a child's nose could offer clues to improving the diagnosis and treatment of severe lung infections, research ...
Honey bee gut microbiome research — NSF grant
Credit: Richard Fell, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech Researchers from Virginia Tech were part of a collaborative $958,415 National Science ...
Electric bacteria in the spotlight
Conference: Electromicrobiology -- from electrons to ecosystems Several years ago, researchers from Aarhus discovered a curious form of electric life ...
Oral bacteria in pancreas linked to more aggressive tumours
The presence of oral bacteria in so-called cystic pancreatic tumours is associated with the severity of the tumour, a study ...
