Going with the flow: How fecal bacteria spread in streams
Credit: Doerthe Tetzlaff Faecal bacteria - bacteria that are present in the digestive system of humans and animals - are ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Electricity-conducting bacteria yield secret to tiny batteries, big medical advances
Researchers reveal amazing biological 'wires' of a sort never seen beforeCredit: Edward H. Egelman Scientists have made a surprising discovery ...
ERC Advanced Grant for Thomas Rudel
Credit: (Photo: Robert Emmerich / JMUW) Chlamydia is the main cause of venereal diseases in Germany. These sexually transmitted bacteria ...
University of Manchester technology set to lead fight against anti-microbial resistance
Increasing pressures on health services have led to the over-prescription of commonly used antibiotics, more instances of mis-prescription and subsequently, ...
Patent-pending probiotic could disrupt Crohn’s disease biofilms
Probiotic found to help weaken stubborn microbial biofilm communities in the gut that can worsen symptomsCredit: Case Western Reserve University ...
Researchers’ breakthrough in tackling challenge of antifungal resistance
Transatlantic partnership's ground-breaking work to develop a better understanding of antifungal drug resistanceCredit: Swansea University Ground-breaking work by university experts ...
Otherworldly mirror pools and mesmerizing landscapes discovered on ocean floor
Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO - While exploring hydrothermal vent and cold seep environments, Dr. Mandy Joye ...
Plant pathologist leads research to stop spread of citrus-destroying disease
UC Riverside's Hailing Jin is principal investigator of USDA grant that also supports vaccine development to fight huanglongbing, or citrus ...
Nature versus nurture: Environment exerts greater influence on corn health than genetics
Credit: American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minnesota (March 2019)--Corn is one of the most important staple crops in the world--over ...
Fast-changing genetics key to hospital superbug survival
For the study, published today in Microbial Genomics, a team of scientists at UCL Genetics Institute and Peking University People's ...
High throughput method to produce and screen engineered antimicrobial lanthipeptides
Credit: Steven Schmitt ETH Zürich Nature has provided us with lots of antimicrobials. However, given the rapid increase of antimicrobial ...
Researchers establish global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer
Patients with colorectal cancer have the same consistent changes in the gut bacteria across continents, cultures, and diets -- a ...
Gut microbiome directs the immune system to fight cancer
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 2, 2019 - The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors--which "release the ...
UM researchers publish new discoveries on bacterial viruses
Credit: University of Montana University of Montana researchers have published new insights in the journal Science on how bacteria cause ...
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