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 ...
Tag: Bacteriology
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 ...
Engineering living ‘scaffolds’ for building materials
Researchers at Berkeley Lab take cues from nature to form living materials with unprecedented control and versatilityCredit: Berkeley Lab When ...
Critical materials: Researchers eye huge supply of rare-earth elements from mining waste
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Researchers have examined a method to extract rare-earth elements from mining waste that could provide the ...
Bacteria ‘trap’ could help slow down antibiotic resistance
Scientists have developed a new and faster test for identifying how single bacteria react to antibiotics, which could help in ...
Research paves the way for next generation of optical tweezers
Credit: David Phillips / University of Exeter Scientists have developed a pioneering new technique that could pave the way for ...
Rice U. study highlights danger of vitamin B12 deficiency
Researchers finds first direct link between low-B12 diet, increased risk of infectionCredit: Natasha Kirienko/Rice University HOUSTON -- (March 13, 2019) ...