Researchers find window of opportunity for treatment of early cystic fibrosis lung infections
New research from DTU Biosustain and Rigshospitalet suggests that disease-causing microbes in young cystic fibrosis (CF) patients change rapidly within ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Scientists provide first evidence of diphtheria-like infectious agent in hedgehogs
Credit: Photo: Juliane Seet As cultural successors, hedgehogs reside in close proximity to humans. Close contacts, however, are not only ...
New chemical probes advance search for new antibiotics
Indiana University researchers have invented technology to watch bacteria build cell walls in real timeCredit: Video courtesy of the VanNieuwenhze ...
Breast milk microbiome contains yeast and fungi: Do these benefit the infant?
Washington, DC - March 1, 2019 - Investigators have now shown that the breast milk microbiome contains fungi. Multiple previous ...
Bacteria in frog skin may help fight fungal infections in humans
Credit: Christian Martin In the past few decades, a lethal disease has decimated populations of frogs and other amphibians worldwide, ...
Research identifies mechanism that helps plants fight bacterial infection
UC Riverside study could lead to better strategies for protecting crops from attacks by pathogensCredit: Jin lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
New sanitation system halves healthcare associated infections and cuts costs by 75 percent
Bocconi University scholars calculated the savings produced by a sanitation methods that uses ecologically sustainable detergents containing spores of three ...
Clues to Martian life found in Chilean desert
A trial NASA rover mission in the Mars-like Atacama desert has successfully recovered subterranean organisms -- strange, scattered, salt-resistant bacteria ...
Light wakes up freshwater bacteria
Researchers find pond bacteria grows faster during the day, suggest a genetic explanationCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Some of the ...
Why a common antibiotic treating diarrhea is failing
Metronidazole resistance examinedCredit: University of Houston In the world of superbugs (bacteria that has grown resistant to antibiotics) Clostridioides difficile, ...
Radiation-resistant E. coli evolved in the lab give view into DNA repair
Credit: Michael Cox Lab MADISON -- Scientists in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Biochemistry are watching evolution happen in real ...
Zoonoses: Antimicrobial resistance shows no signs of slowing down
ECDC/EFSA report 'rings alarm bells,' says EU CommissionerCredit: ECDC/EFSA, 2019 Data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention ...
Nematode odors offer possible advantage in the battle against insect pests
Gardeners commonly use nematodes to naturally get rid of harmful soil-dwelling insects. A new study published today in the journal ...
Bacteria walk (a bit) like we do
Credit: Laura Persat Do bacteria control their "walks" like we do? It might sound strange, but it's a fundamental question. ...