Drug diversity in bacteria
Researchers decode mechanism for diversifying bioactive phenazines Phenazines are widespread and chemically diverse bacterial natural products that can fulfil various ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Bacteria may travel thousands of miles through the air globally
Study could shed light on harmful bacteria that share antibiotic resistance genesCredit: Yaroslav Ispolatov Bacteria may travel thousands of miles ...
Study shows how electricity-eating microbes use electrons to fix carbon dioxide
Credit: Image courtesy Bose laboratory, Washington University New research from Washington University in St. Louis explains the cellular processes that ...
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 ...
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, [email protected] In favorable conditions, many bacteria propel themselves to food sources and other sites of interest using ...