Infectious disease researchers unveil the secret life of flesh-eating bacteria
Scientists employ tool used for equine strep throat to identify new group A strep genesCredit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(Jan. 22, 2019) ...
Tag: Bacteriology
New drug resistance process found in bacteria
Credit: UAB A team of researchers has discovered a new process capable of generating resistance to synthetic antibacterial drugs within ...
Courage to aim for less cleanliness?
More living organisms on our bodies and in our homes could help in combating diseases -- if we let them ...
Using bacteria to create a water filter that kills bacteria
New technology can clean water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranesCredit: Environmental Science & Technology More than one ...
Potential biotech and health applications with new knowledge on bacteria and viruses
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago research to better understand how bacteria and their viruses interact and evolve will ...
Researchers create 'shortcut' to terpene biosynthesis in E. coli
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an artificial enzymatic pathway for synthesizing isoprenoids, or terpenes, in E. coli. ...
Gene expression study sheds new light on African Salmonella
Credit: Jay Hinton group, University of Liverpool Scientists at the University of Liverpool have taken another step forward in understanding ...
How compostable plastic works (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2019 -- Due to the demands of eco-conscious consumers, manufacturers are making ...
New strategy may curtail spread of antibiotic resistance
Study identifies key step in spread of drug resistance, opportunity for intervention Spotless surfaces in hospitals can hide bacteria that ...
Respiratory microbiome may influence your susceptibility to flu
Microbiome community linked to lower influenza susceptibilityCredit: Lee et al, 2019. Specific respiratory microbiome communities may be linked to influenza ...
Beech trees are dying, and nobody's sure why
Intense effort underway to find culprit behind rapid disease spreadCredit: Forest Pathology, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio - A confounding new ...
Metabolite from pomegranate diet reduces inflammatory bowel diseases
inStem and University of Louisville research teams identify Urolithin A and its synthetic analog to improve gut barrier and reduce ...
UTSA microbiologist Floyd Wormley elected AAAS Fellow
Credit: UTSA (San Antonio, Jan. 09, 2019) -- Floyd L. Wormley Jr., the Microsoft President's Endowed Professor in the UTSA ...
Obesity surgery leads to emergence of new microbial strains in the human fecal community
A novel informatics technique allows researchers to identify different strains of the same bacterial species.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Using ...