Seven degrees from one trillion species of microbes
Global Microbiome Transition Network hints at origins and evolution paths of microbiomesCredit: LIU Yang and JING Gongchao The Earth contains ...
Tag: Microbiology
The two-thousand-year-old mystery of the havoc-wreaking worm
New research reveals that we know less about the history-altering shipworm than we thoughtCredit: Barry Goodell AMHERST, Mass. - Humans ...
Symbionts sans frontieres: Bacterial partners travel the world
Some bacterial symbionts in travel the globe and are true cosmopolitansCredit: Laetitia Wilkins The Lucinidae family, lucinids for short, comprises ...
To splice or not to splice…
Credit: Elisabeth Paymal To splice or not to splice... In an article published in the journal RNA, Karan Bedi, a ...
Computer-assisted biology: Decoding noisy data to predict cell growth
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from The University of Tokyo Institute of ...
Match matters: The right combination of parents can turn a gene off indefinitely
UMD scientists discover that mating can cause epigenetic changes in nematode worms that last for 300 generationsCredit: Antony Jose/UMD Evidence ...
More ancestral enzyme
Molecular evolution of enzyme beyond recruit hypothesisCredit: Seiya Watanabe, Ehime University The aconitase superfamily currently contains four functional enzymes including ...
The shape of nanoparticles in body fluids may help identify the type of cancer
Credit: Sou Ryuzaki A recent study by scientists from Japanese universities has shown that the shape of cell-derived nanoparticles, known ...
Secret to weathering climate change lies at our feet
New research on the microbiome of grass shows that the future lies with healthy bacteriaCredit: Richard Wellenberger/iStock/Getty Images Plus AMHERST, ...
Novel coronavirus infects and replicates in salivary gland cells
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo suggests that tissues specializing in saliva production and secretion serve as ...
Asymptomatic adults may be reservoirs of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Study by ITQB NOVA researchers identifies role played by adults in the carriage of pneumococciCredit: ITQB NOVA Streptococcus pneumoniae is ...
New signaling pathway could shed light on damage repair during brain injury
The study has uncovered a signaling pathway that causes neural cells to enter divisions after damageCredit: Torsten Bossing, University of ...
Study shows laboratory developed protein spikes consistent with COVID-19 virus
Credit: University of Southampton A new international study has found that the key properties of the spikes of SARS-CoV-2 virus ...
Belowground microbial solutions to aboveground plant problems
Credit: Stéphane Hacquard Land plants - plants that live primarily in terrestrial habitats and form vegetation on earth - are ...
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