Tag: Microbiology

Credit: George Poinar Jr. CORVALLIS, Ore. - The anopheline mosquitoes that carry malaria were present 100 million years ago, new ...

Washington, DC - February 11, 2019 - A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis has been shown to be more effective ...

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease A detailed analysis of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone ...

When these tiny pieces of plastics are ingested by marine organisms, they may accumulate and be transferred up the food ...

When antibiotics are used to treat bacteria susceptible to them, the treatment usually works. Nevertheless, the antibiotic chosen is sometimes ...

The Journal of Great Lakes Research published the study identifying Lake Erie bacteria that degrades microcystin.Credit: Dr. Jason Huntley, The ...

Analyses of Plasmodium vivax parasite RNAs help understand transmission and antimalarial treatment response BALTIMORE, MD., Feb. 8 - Scientists at ...

A study led by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has for the first time shown the antifungal activity of ...

Scientists use stable sulfur isotopes to understand ancient microbial metabolismCredit: Photo credit: Guy Perkins and Mark Ellisman, National Center for ...

Research team from the University of Jena clarifies the mechanism of gliotoxin, a mycotoxin from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatusCredit: Jan-Peter ...

Two genes may make staph infections resistant to copper, a powerful antibacterial agentCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2019 - The higher a person's immunity to dengue virus, the lower their risk of Zika infection, ...

Mason researcher helps identify a T cell marker that could help lead to improved treatment for HIV, cancer patients.Credit: Photo ...

Results show bacterial genomes provide 'shadow history' of animal evolution Bacteria have evolved all manner of adaptations to live in ...